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SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1990
ENGINE GROUND RUNS, WHICH ARE CITED AS THE SINGLE MOST NOISE GENERATING ACTIVITY AT NIGHT IN THE GROUND NOISE STUDY, WERE PREVIOUSLY CARRIED OUT MAINLY TO THE EAST OF KAI TAK NULLAH NEAR THE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE HANGARS.
"FOLLOWING THE ADOPTION OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE GROUND NOISE STUDY, MOST OF THESE ACTIVITIES HAVE NOW BEEN RELOCATED TO THE WEST OF THE NULLAH.
"AT PRESENT, ABOUT 72 CONDUCTED TO THE WEST OF THE YEAR AGO.
PER CENT OF THE ENGINE GROUND RUNS ARE NULLAH COMPARED TO SOME 32 PER CENT A
"IT IS HOPED THAT THE SITUATION WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW LEGISLATION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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JANUARY ORDERS-ON-HAND, EMPLOYMENT AND PAYROLL FIGURES RELEASED
IN JANUARY 1990, THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND REPORTED BY THE 200 LARGEST MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE WHEN COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1989 BUT DECREASED BY 3 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1989, ACCORDING TO
RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY (SATURDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT,
COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1989, THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND IN JANUARY 1990 INCREASED SLIGHTLY IN THE TEXTILES AND THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
ON THE OTHER HAND, SLIGHT DECREASES IN ORDERS WERE RECORDED IN THE WEARING APPAREL AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE ORDERS POSITION REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.
COMPARING JANUARY 1990 WITH JANUARY 1989, THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND INCREASED SLIGHTLY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND TEXTILES INDUSTRIES. ON THE OTHER HAND, ORDERS DECREASED MODERATELY IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY AND SLIGHTLY IN THE WEARING APPAREL AND THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND IS MEASURED IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF MONTHS AND REFERS TO ORDERS OUTSTANDING AS AT THE END OF THE REFERENCE MONTH.
ON EMPLOYMENT, THE MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED REPORTED THAT THEIR TOTAL WORKFORCE IN JANUARY 1990 DECREASED BY 2 PER CENT AND 10 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1989 AND JANUARY 1989 RESPECTIVELY.
/COMPARING JANUARY