SERVICES
BANKS
HOTELS
PUBLIC UTILITIES OTHERS
* CHANGES WITHIN +/- 0.5%
9
ON
1
TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1990
g
9,956
-21
+19
9,718
+3
+18
6,460
+1
+15
9,749 11,217
+9
+21
-480
+17
# PER CAPITA BARNINGS COVER COMPANY EMPLOYEES ONLY; SITE WORKERS
EMPLOYED BY LABOUR-ONLY SUB-CONTRACTORS ARE NOT INCLUDED.
THE DECREASES WERE MAINLY DUE TO SPECIAL BONUSES BEING ISSUED BY SOME OF THE COMPANIES IN APRIL 1990.
NOTES TO TABLES 1 3: UNLIKE "ORDERS-ON-HAND" AND "PER CAPITA BARNINGS". WHICH ARE AVERAGE FIGURES AMONGST THE COMPANIES SURVEYED, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS ENGAGED BY THE COMPANIES SURVEYED 19 NOT MEANINGFUL INFORMATION ON ITS OWN (BECAUSE THIS IS A PANEL SURVEY) AND IS THEREFORE SHOWN.
NOT
JUNE ANTI-POLLUTION PROSECUTION FIGURE RELEASED
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (BPD) TODAY (TUESDAY) RELEASED A LIST OF COMPANIES THAT HAVE BEEN FOUND GUILTY IN THB COURTS, DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE, OF BREACHING ANTI-POLLUTION LEGISLATION CURRENTLY ENFORCED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
BASIS.
THE EPD HAS DECIDED TO MAKE SIMILAR ANNOUNCEMENTS ON A MONTHLY
AN EPD SPOKESMAN EMPHASISED THAT THE DEPARTMENT MEASURED ITS SUCCESS IN TERMS OF POLLUTION PROBLEMS AVOIDED AND IMPROVEMENT IN THE ENVIRONMENT, NOT BY THE NUMBER OF SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTIONS.
"BUT INEVITABLY, THERE IS A SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE
WHO, EVEN AFTER ADVICE AND WARNINGS, DO NOT TAKK SERIOUSLY THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES TOWARDS THE COMMUNITY."
THE SPOKESMAN SAID SOME CASES, EVEN SIMPLE ONES, MAY TAKE A LONG TIME TO COME BEFORE THE COURT BECAUSE IT WAS OFTEN NECESSARY ΤΟ CARRY OUT DETAILED INVESTIGATIONS FOR THE COLLECTION OF EVIDENCE AND LABORATORY ANALYSES.
AND
ALL OF THIS COULD BE VERY TIME CONSUMING AND AS A RESULT THERE WAS SOMETIMES A LENGTHY TIME GAP BETWEEN THE DATE OF THE OFFENCE THE CONVICTION DATE.
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