MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1989
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THEY WERE ALSO ASKED TO INDICATE WHETHER THE SITUATION IS EXPECTED TO "IMPROVE", "REMAIN THE SAME" OR "DETERIORATE" IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1989. THE OPINIONS OF RESPONDENTS WERE TABULATED ANALYSED.
AND
MOREOVER, 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.
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THE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT, IN A SURVEY OF THIS NATURE, THE RESULTS SHOULD BE INTERPRETED WITH CAUTION AS IT 15 DIFFICULT то ESTABLISH PRECISELY THE EXTENT TO WHICH RESPONDENTS RECOLLECTION OF THE PAST AND PERCEPTION OF THE FUTURE ACCORDS WITH THE UNDERLYING TRENDS.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY OBTAIN COPIES OF THE REPORT FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE 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 ON TEL. 5-8234779.
GOVERNOR VISITS BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT
(MONDAY)
ON
VISITED THE THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT AND WAS BRIEFED BY SENIOR OFFICERS THE VARIETY OF SERVICES IT PROVIDES.
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SIR DAVID EXPRESSED KEEN INTEREST IN THE WAY INCREASINGLY BEING USED IN THE DEPARTMENT.
IN WHICH COMPUTERS
THE DIRECTOR HE WAS BRIEFED BY
OF BUILDINGS AND LANDS, MR
MAPPING THE SURVEY AND
OFFICE CHAMSON CHAU, AND HIS SENIOR STAFF IN
COMPUTERISED LAND INFORMATION ON THE SETTING UP OF A
SYSTEM WHICH LARGE AMOUNTS OF
ON INFORMATION
WILL PROVIDE FOR THE COLLATION OF MAPS, LAND BOUNDARY RECORDS AND LAND USE DATA.
MAPPING TECHNIQUES.
SIR DAVID WAS
TIF ALSO TOLD ABOUT BY USE OF AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY AND MODERN
LATEST
DEVELOPMENTS
IN
CARTOGRAPHIC
BY
HE WAS SHOWN EXAMPLES OF THE LARGE NUMBER OF MAPS PRODUCED
AT 1:1,000 USED THE OFFICE. THESE RANGE FROM THE LARGE SCALE MAPS EXTENSIVELY FOR DEVELOPMENT AND LAND ADMINISTRATION TO THE FULL COLOUR TOPOGRAPHIC SERIES OF GENERAL PURPOSE ILLUSTRATIVE MAPS AT AND INCLUDE A NUMBER OF SPECIAL PURPOSE MAPS SUCH AS THE SERIES.
1:200,000 COUNTRYSIDE
THE GOVERNOR