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FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1988
THE SURVEY PROVIDE
ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, RESULTS, OBTAINED WITH A MINIMUM TIME LAG, ARE INTENDED TO ONE SOURCE OF REFERENCE FOR MAKING A QUICK ASSESSMENT OF THE CURRENT ECONOMIC SITUATION OF HONG KONG.
IN THE SURVEY, PARTICIPATING FIRMS WERE ASKED ΤΟ INDICATE WHETHER, IN THEIR OPINION, THE GENERAL BUSINESS SITUATION AND LEVEL OF CAPACITY UTILISATION HAD "IMPROVED", "REMAINED THE SAME" OR "DETERIORATED" IN THE QUARTER JUST ENDED AS COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING QUARTER.
FOR THE FORTHCOMING QUARTER, THEY WERE ALSO ASKED TO INDICATE WHETHER THE SITUATION WAS EXPECTED TO "IMPROVE", "REMAIN THE SAME" OR "DETERIORATE". THE OPINIONS OF RESPONDENTS WERE TABULATED AND ANALYSED.
THE SURVEY REPORT CONTAINS A SECTION ON THE BUSINESS PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED AND EXPECTED BY FIRMS IN DIFFERENT ECONOMIC SECTORS AND A BREAKDOWN OF THE VIEWS OF FIRMS BY SIZE GROUPS.
THE DEPARTMENT CAUTIONED THAT, IN A SURVEY OF THIS NATURE, THE
BE RESULTS SHOULD
INTERPRETED WITH CARE AS IT IS DIFFICULT TO ESTABLISH PRECISELY THE EXTENT TO WHICH RESPONDENTS PERCEPTION THE PAST AND THE FUTURE ACCORDS WITH THE UNDERLYING TRENDS.
OF
SURVEY
COPIES OF THE REPORT, CONTAINING AN ANALYSIS OF THE FINDINGS AND STATISTICAL TABLES, HAVE REEN DISTRIBUTED ΤΟ FIRMS TAKING PART IN THE SURVEY AND TO OTHER BUSINESS ORGANISATIONS.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY OBTAIN COPIES FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GPO BUILDING, CENTRAL AT $4.50 PER COPY.
FURTHER DETAILS OF THE QUARTERLY BUSINESS SURVEY MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE NATIONAL INCOME BRANCH OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT OF TEL. 5-8234779.
GOVT WELCOMES FORMATION OF NUCLEAR SAFETY CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE
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THE GOVERNMENT WELCOMES THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NUCLEAR SAFETY CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE FOR THE GUANGDONG DAYA BAY NUCLEAR POWER STATION, THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MRS ANSON CHAN, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
THE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE WILL HAVE A TOTAL OF 12 HONG KONG MEMBERS INCLUDING LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS, PROFESSIONALS, ACADEMICS, AND ENVIRONMENTALISTS.
/WITH MEMBERSHIP