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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1985
BETWEEN DECEMBER 1983 AND DECEMBER 1984, INCREASES OF 10.7 PER CENT, 13.6 PER CENT AND 9.8 PER CENT WERE REGISTERED IN THE NOMINAL INDEX OF PAYROLL PER PERSON ENGAGED IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR AND THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR RESPECTIVELY. OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE CORRESPONDING INCREASES IN THE REAL INDEX OF PAYROLL PER PERSON ENGAGED WERE 5.8 PER CENT, 8,6 PER CENT AND 4.9 PER CENT.
DETAILED BREAKDOWNS OF THE ABOVE STATISTICS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE QUARTERLY REPORT OF EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL STATISTICS, DECEMBER 1984, WHICH IS AVAILABLE AT HK$11 PER COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, GROUND FLOOR, CONNAUGHT PLACE, HONG KONG AND AT THE SALES COUNTER OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT AT ROOM 1904,
KAI TAK COMMERCIAL BUILDING, 317 DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL, HONG KONG.
ISLAND EARMARKED FOR NEW CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS
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ANY NEW CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS REQUIRED TO BE BUILT IN THE THE FUTURE WILL BE LOCATED ON THE ISLAND OF HEI LING CHAU. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR THOMAS GARNER, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
+AND IF ANY OF THE EXISTING FACILITIES LOCATED THROUGHOUT HONG KONG ARE TO BE RE-PROVISIONED, THEY WILL ALSO BE SITED ON HEI LING CHAU, MR GARNER SAID.
HE SAID THAT SEVERAL SITES ON THE ISLAND HAD IN FACT BEEN EARMARKED FOR NEW INSTITUTIONS IF AND WHEN REQUIRED,
MR GARNER WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF A CHINESE-STYLE PAVILION AT THE CONCOURSE OF THE HEI LING CHAU PIER.
THE PAVILION, BUILT BY INMATES OF ONE OF THE DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTRES, WILL SERVE AS A SHELTER FOR CORRECTIONAL SERVICES STAFF AND VISITORS TO THE ISLAND.
TODAY'S CEREMONY ALSO MARKED THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TAKING-OVER OF HEI LING CHAU BY THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
/THE ISLAND