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8
TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1987
SERVICES
* I
NI
2
5 851
-4
ON I
9
BANKS
1
5
5 428
*
10
HOTELS
*
-2
3 919
1
11
PUBLIC
*
-1
5 860
-9
8
UTILITIES
OTHERS
1
5
7 115
-2
9
* CHANGES WITHIN + 0.5 PER CENT
** PERSONS ENGAGED COVER COMPANY EMPLOYEES ONLY: SITE WORKERS
EMPLOYED BY LABOUR-ONLY SUB-CONTRACTORS NOT INCLUDED.
NOTE:
UNLIKE +ORDERS-ON-HAND+ AND PER CAPITA EARNINGS WHICH ARE AVERAGE FIGURES THE TOTAL NO. OF PERSONS ENGAGED BY THE FIRMS SURVEYED IS NOT MEANINGFUL INFORMATION ON ITS OWN BECAUSE THIS IS A PANEL SURVEY AND IS THEREFORE NOT SHOWN.
CHE KUNG TEMPLE TO BE REDEVELOPED
*****
CHE KUNG TEMPLE IN SHA TIN, BUILT 300 YEARS AGO, WILL REDEVELOPED NEXT YEAR TO PROVIDE MORE SPACE AND FACILITIES BE FOR WORSHIPPERS.
THE REDEVELOPMENT, COSTING ABOUT $15 MILLION, WILL TREBLE THE TEMPLE'S SIZE BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW HALL, COURTYARD AND LANDSCAPED POOL.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CHINESE TEMPLES COMMITTEE SAID THAT WITH ABOUT 200 000 PEOPLE VISITING THE TEMPLE YEARLY IT CAN NO LONGER ADEQUATELY COPE WITH THE DEMAND.
*THIS IS ESPECIALLY SO DURING LUNAR NEW YEAR WHEN ABOUT 130 000 PEOPLE VISIT THE TEMPLE CAUSING CROWD CONTROL PROBLEMS,+ HE SAID.
/THE COMMITTEE