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MR BARMA SAID IT WAS WORTH NOTING THAT 292 COMPANIES CENT OF THE RESPONDENTS CONSIDERED THAT THE OVERALL MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENT IN HONG KONG WAS FAVOURABLE.
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'A TOTAL OF 187 COMPANIES (36 PER EXPANSION IN HONG KONG, HE SAID.
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CENT) ALSO HAD PLANS FOR
ON BUSINESS PROSPECTS, MR BARMA SAID THE MAJORITY OF THE COMPANIES (72 PER CENT) EXPECTED BUSINESS THIS YEAR TO BE GOOD TO SATISFACTORY, WHILE 315 COMPANIES (61 PER CENT) FELT THE SAME ABOUT BUSINESS PROSPECTS NEXT YEAR.
MR BARMA SAID THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY WERE RATHER POSITIVE.
"NOT ONLY DO THEY INDICATE THAT THE PROCESS OF ENRICHING OUR LOCAL MANUFACTURING CAPABILITIES THROUGH TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER IS CONTINUING, BUT THEY ALSO DEMONSTRATE THAT IN 1990 HONG KONG REMAINED AN ATTRACTIVE LOCATION FOR INVESTMENT IN MANUFACTURING AND THAT BUSINESS EXPECTATIONS IN THE COMING YEAR ARE FAVOURABLE, HE SAID.
269 VM'S RETURNED TODAY
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(WEDNESDAY)
A GROUP OF 269 VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS TODAY TO VIETNAM UNDER THE UNHCR'S VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION PROGRAMME.
RETURNED
COMPRISING 94 MEN, 73 WOMEN, 49 BOYS AND 53 GIRLS, THEY THE 78TH BATCH TO GO BACK UNDER THE PROGRAMME.
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THIS GROUP BROUGHT TO 6,351 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS WHO HAVE RETURNED VOLUNTARILY THIS YEAR, AND ΤΟ 12,647 TOTAL NUMBER OF RETURNEES SINCE THE PROGRAMME STARTED IN MARCH 1989.
THE
LATEST DATE FOR LOCAL X'MAS CARD POSTING REMINDED
ANNOUNCED TODAY CARDS FOR
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, MR DOMINIC S.W. WONG, {WEDNESDAY) THAT THE LATEST DATE FOR POSTING CHRISTMAS LOCAL DELIVERY BEFORE CHRISTMAS IS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20.
POSTING AFTER THIS DATE MIGHT RUN THE RISK OF DELIVERED IN TIME BECAUSE OF ANTICIPATED PRESSURES.
HE ADVISED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO POST AS EARLY
TO AVOID A LAST-MINUTE RUSH.
NOT BEING
AS POSSIBLE
WOULD BE DECEMBER 26. NO
HE ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT SPECIAL MAIL DELIVERIES PROVIDED ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22 AND ON BOXING DAY, DELIVERIES WOULD BE MADE ON CHRISTMAS DAY.
ALL POST OFFICES WOULD BE CLOSED DURING THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.
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