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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1985
GOVERNOR VISITS TWO URBAN DISTRICTS ******
THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) VISITED A MULTI-STOREY BUILDING IN YAU MA TEI AND AN INDOOR GAMES CENTRE IN MONG KOK.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM, SIR EDWARD FIRST WENT TO THE ALHAMBRA BUILDING ON NATHAN ROAD WHERE HE WAS BRIEFED ON PLANS TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE MANAGEMENT OF THE 25-YEAR OLD BUILDING.
SIR EDWARD LATER TOURED THE NEWLY-OPENED $5.4 MILLION LIM POR YEN INDOOR SPORTS CENTRE IN THE TAI KOK TSU! AREA. THE CENTRE, RUN BY THE MONG KOK DISTRICT CULTURAL, RECREATIONAL_AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION, PROVIDES MUCH-NEEDED SPORTS FACILITIES TO RESIDENTS OF THE DENSELY-POPULATED AREA.
AFTER THE TOUR, SIR EDWARD MET MEMBERS OF THE NEW YAU MA TEI AND MONG KOK DISTRICT BOARDS AT AN INFORMAL GATHERING.
DECEMBER JOB, PAYROLL FIGURES RELEASED
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THERE WERE 898 900 PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN DECEMBER LAST YEAR, AN INCREASE OF 5.1 PER CENT OVER DECEMBER 1983. ACCORDING TO FIGURES RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
IN DECEMBER 1984, EMPLOYMENT IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR, 573 800, WAS 7.9 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN DECEMBER 1983.
EMPLOYMENT IN THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR, AT 169 500, WAS UP BY 4.8 PER CENT.
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BUT EMPLOYMENT ON BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES DROPPED BY 2.8 PER CENT RELATIVE TO THE DECEMBER 1983 LEVEL.
/A DEPA