THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1984
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THE PARTY ALSO VISITED THE BRANCH OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE. LOCATED IN A BUILDING WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED A HISTORICAL MONUMENT, AND THEN WALKED THROUGH THE BUSY STANLEY MAIN STREET WHICH HAS FLOURISHED AS A TOURIST SHOPPING CENTRE IN RECENT YEARS.
SIR PHILIP LATER TOURED THE CABLE AND WIRELESS EARTH-SATELLITE STATION IN STANLEY AND WAS BRIEFED ON ITS FUNCTION AND OPERATION BY THE GENERAL MANAGER (LOCAL ENGINEERING), MR FUNG HAK-MING, AND THE STATION MANAGER, MR BILLY LEUNG.
HE WAS TOLD THAT TWO NEW SATELLITE EARTH STATIONS - HK 3 AND HK 4 - HAD BEEN INSTALLED IN THE STANLEY STATION TO COPE WITH THE RAPID GROWTH OF INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION.
IN ADDITION, A NEW CENTRAL POWER HOUSE, WHICH HAS ADEQUATE CAPACITY FOR THE EXISTING SITE COMPLEX PLUS CAPABILITY FOR FUTURE EXPANSION FOR AT LEAST 15 YEARS, HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED THERE.
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ORDERS-ON-HAND REMAIN AT HIGH LEVEL
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THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND (IN TERMS OF MONTHS) IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR WAS UNCHANGED IN NOVEMBER 1983 COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS MONTH, AND REMAINED AT A RELATIVELY HIGH LEVEL, ACCORDING TO FIGURES RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
WHILE ORDERS-ON-HAND IN THE WEARING APPAREL AND THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES INCREASED, THOSE IN THE TEXTILES, PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES DECREASED, THE STATISTICS FROM THE MONTHLY SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT, PAYROLL AND ORDERS-ON-HAND SHOW.
THE LEVEL OF EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR AS A WHOLE WAS STABLE.
THERE WAS A SLIGHT INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENT IN THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES, BUT SOME DECREASE IN EMPLOYMENT IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND THE FOOD AND DRINKS INDUSTRIES.
EMPLOYMENT IN THE SERVICES SECTOR REMAINED STABLE. IN THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES SURVEYED, THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES CONTINUED TO FALL ON COMPLETION OF SOME PROJECTS.
PAYROLL AND PER CAPITA EARNINGS INCREASED IN THE WEARING APPAREL, FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS AND ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES, THE INCREASE WAS MAINLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO MORE OVERTIME WORK PERFORMED DURING THE MONTH. THE CONTINUED DECLINE IN PAYROLL AND PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS INDUSTRY WAS MAINLY DUE TO SEASONAL FACTORS.
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