THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1984
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WHITE PAPER ON GOVERNMENT AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC
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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO OBTAIN COPIES OF THE WHITE PAPER ON THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT MAY DO SO DURING OFFICE HOURS AT ANY OF THE DISTRICT OFFICES THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.
COPIES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT CONNAUGHT PLACE IN CENTRAL, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.
A TOTAL OF 250 000 COPIES OF THE WHITE PAPER HAVE BEEN PRINTED FOR DISTRIBUTION TO THE PUBLIC. OF THIS FIGURE, 150 000 ARE IN CHINESE AND 100 000 IN ENGLISH.
ORGANISATIONS WANTING LARGER NUMBERS SHOULD CONTACT MR ANTHONY KOU OF THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES, AT TEL: 5-214371.
BY 6 PM TODAY 27 160 COPIES HAD BEEN DISTRIBUTED.
QUARTERLY BUSINESS SURVEY RESULTS RELEASED
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MANUFACTURERS EXPERIENCED CONTINUING IMPROVEMENT IN BUSINESS IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1984, WHICH CONFORMS WITH THEIR EARLIER EXPECTATIONS, ACCORDING TO SURVEY RESULTS RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THEY ALSO EXPECT THE FAVOURABLE SITUATION TO CONTINUE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
HOWEVER, THE BUSINESS SITUATION OF FIRMS IN THE 'CONSTRUCTION' SECTOR WAS STILL UNFAVOURABLE. A DETERIORATION IN BUSINESS WAS REPORTED IN THE THIRD QUARTER, AND THIS TREND WAS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.
AS FOR THE WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND IMPORT-EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS' SECTOR. FIRMS PARTICIPATING IN THE SURVEY REPORTED AN IMPROVEMENT IN BUSINESS IN THE THIRD QUARTER WHICH WAS LARGELY IN LINE WITH THEIR EXPECTATIONS IN THE LAST ROUND OF THE SURVEY. THE OUTLOOK FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER WAS PARTICULARLY GOOD AND SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT IN BUSINESS WAS EXPECTED.
ABOUT 970 FIRMS OF DIFFERENT SIZES FROM VARIOUS INDUSTRIES AND BUSINESSES, FORMING A CROSS-SECTION OF THE ECONOMIC COMMUNITY PARTICIPATED IN THE SURVEY, WHICH ENQUIRED ON BUSINESS EXPERIENCE AND EXPECTATIONS.
DURING THE