WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1990
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PUT IN PLACE INFORMATION AND
THE GOVERNMENT HAD TAKEN THE STEPS NECESSARY TO AN INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH PROVIDED INDUSTRIES WITH THE TECHNICAL SUPPORT THEY NEEDED TO MEET THE HIGHEST QUALITY STANDARDS.
BUT
OVER 3,000 WORKERS, THE OPTICAL GOODS INDUSTRY EMPLOYED JUST BUT MR BARMA SAID ITS IMPORTANCE TO HONG KONG LAY NOT IN ITS SIZE IN ITS PRODUCTIVITY AND POTENTIAL FOR GROWTH.
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INTERNATIONAL OPTICS EXPO WAS THE FIRST HONG KONG
HELD IN
NOVEMBER 1988 WITH THE HONG KONG OPTICAL
ASSOCIATION, MANUFACTURERS
EXPO THE HONG KONG PARTICIPATING.
TRADE
DEVELOPMENT
COUNCIL AND
OVER 200 COMPANIES FROM 15 COUNTRIES ARE TAKING YEAR'S EXHIBITION.
BE
MANAGEMENT
LTD
PART IN THIS
INDUSTRY WILL BRING TOGETHER OPTICAL GOODS FROM
THE NEWEST AND MOST FASHIONABLE PRODUCTS OF THE DISPLAYED, AND THE THREE-DAY EXHIBITION WILL MANUFACTURERS, OPTICAL SPECIALISTS AND BUYERS OF ALL OVER THE WORLD.
APPOINTMENT OF INSPECTORS UNDER COMPANIES ORDINANCE
THIS
(WEDNESDAY)
THAT
AFTERNOON A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID
THE POWERS THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, SIR PIERS JACOBS, IN EXERCISE OF
SECTION CONFERRED ON HIM BY
143(1)(C) OF THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 32), HAS APPOINTED MR JOHN ROBERT LEES, PRINCIPAL OF HODGSON SPICER AND MARFAN, CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS, AS TO INVESTIGATE THE AFFAIRS OF PALADIN LIMITED.
FERRIER INSPECTOR
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HK'S POPULATION AT 5.8 MILLION
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THE
THE ESTIMATED POPULATION OF HONG KONG AT THE END OF DECEMBER 1989 WAS 5,812,300, ACCORDING TO FIGURES RELEASED BY
CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THIS IS AN INCREASE OF 76,300 PEOPLE OR 1.3 PER CENT OVER
END-1988.
THE BALANCE OF TOTAL INFLOW OF 33,600 DURING 1989.
ARRIVALS AND
DEPARTURES SHOWED A NET
THERE WERE 71,300 BIRTHS LAST YEAR. DEATHS TOTALLED 28,700.
DEATHS AMOUNTED NATURAL INCREASE, THAT IS THE SURPLUS OF BIRTHS OVER
TO 42,600, WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR 56 PER CENT OF THE POPULATION GROWTH,
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