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FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1990
IN REPLY TO ANOTHER QUESTION, SIR DAVID SAID THAT HE WOULD NOT BE CALLING ON U.S. OFFICIALS WHILE IN NEW YORK.
HOWEVER, THE GOVERNOR POINTED OUT THAT HE WOULD BE SPEAKING IN PUBLIC AND MEETING A WIDE SELECTION OF THE MEDIA IN THE UNITED STATES TO PUT ACROSS THE POINTS ON CHINA'S MFN STATUS.
HE SAID HE WOULD ALSO BE TALKING ABOUT THE NEW AIRPORT AT CHEK LAP KOK IN THE CONTEXT OF THE PLANS FOR THE LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG AND THE FACT THAT OUTSIDE INVOLVEMENT WAS WELCOME.
SEEING THE GOVERNOR OFF AT THE AIRPORT WERE THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD; THE SENIOR MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, DAME LYDIA DUNN; AND THE ACTING SENIOR MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR STEPHEN CHEONG.
MARCH ORDERS-ON-HAND, EMPLOYMENT AND PAYROLL FIGURES RELEASED
OF
REPORTED CHANGE WHEN CENT WHEN
ORDERS-ON-HAND IN MARCH 1990, THE AVERAGE VOLUME BY THE 200 LARGEST MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SHOWED LITTLE
BUT DECREASED 1990, COMPARED WITH
ΤΟ ACCORDING 1989, COMPARED WITH MARCH RELEASED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
FEBRUARY
FEBRUARY WITH COMPARED
ORDERS-ON-HAND
IN
MARCH
1990
1990, INCREASED PRODUCTS AND THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC DECREASED SLIGHTLY IN THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY.
THE
PER BY 2
OF A RESULTS
SURVEY
THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF SLIGHTLY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES, BUT
POSITION OVER THE SAME PERIOD,
FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES APPAREL AND UNCHANGED.
THE ORDERS
IN
THE REMAINED
WEARING ALMOST
MARCH WITH
1989, THE ORDERS POSITION COMPARING MARCH 1990 DROPPED MODERATELY IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY AND TO A LESSER EXTENT IN MOST OF THE OTHER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED.
ON THE OTHER HAND, A SLIGHT INCREASE IN ORDERS WAS RECORDED THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.
THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND IS MEASURED THE NUMBER OF MONTHS AND REFERS TO ORDERS OUTSTANDING AS OF THE ReferencE MONTH.
IN
IN TERMS OF
AT THE
END
/ON EMPLOYMENT