TABLE 31
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SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 1984
NOMINAL WAGE INDEXES FOR MAJOR INDUSTRIES IN THE
MANUFACTURING SECTOR
INDEXES (MARCH 1982 = 100)
INDUSTRY
SEPT.
DEC.
MAR.
JUNE
SEPT.
1982
1982
1983
1983
1983
GARMENTS
103
105
106
108
109
GLOVES
103
105
107
107
107
HANDBAGS
101
102
105
106
107
COTTON SPINNING/WEAVING
102
102
108
111
111
KNITTING
104
106
108
112
113
BLEACHING AND DYEING
103
103
107
109
111
PRINTING
105
106
108
113
113
PLASTIC PRODUCTS
102
105
107
110
111
METAL PRODUCTS
102
103
107
110
113
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES
103
102
106
109
113
ELECTRONICS
103
105
109
110
112
WATCHES AND CLOCKS
103
106
111
112
113
MANUFACTURING
103
105
108
110
111
WALK DRAWS PEOPLE FROM ALL RANKS
*****
PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE TODAY (SUNDAY) TOOK PART IN THE COMMUNITY CHEST'S KOWLOON WALK FOR MILLIONS.
THEY INCLUDED TEAMS FORMED BY MEMBERS OF DISTRICT BOARDS, AREA COMMITTEES, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, OWNERS' CORPORATIONS AND KAIFONG ASSOCIATIONS AS WELL AS VARIOUS OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION SAID THAT MEMBERS OF THE SIX DISTRICT BOARDS IN KOWLLON, LED BY THEIR DISTRICT OFFICERS, GATHERED AT THE KWUN TONG RECREATION GROUND, WHERE THE WALK BEGAN, TO SHOW THEIR COMMUNITY SPIRIT.
/THE ACTING