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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1993
REPORTED
TO
AMONG THESE MANUFACTURERS THE TOBACCO MANUFACTURERS I IMPROVED GENERAL BUSINESS SITUATION IN THE QUARTER, MAINLY DUE THE INCREASE IN ORDERS FROM CHINA.
AN
THE
AFTER EXPERIENCING CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT FOR SEVERAL QUARTERS, PRINTING INDUSTRY EXPERIENCED BROADLY THE SAME SITUATION AS IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER.
BUSINESS
GENERAL
THIS PROBABLY REFLECTS A CONSOLIDATION OF INDUSTRY AFTER CONSIDERABLE EXPANSION IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTERS.
BUSINESS IN THE
IN
THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY EXPERIENCF A DETERIORATION BUSINESS SITUATION
GENERAL AND CAPACITY UTILISATION IN THE WITH SOME UNEXPECTED LOSS OF BUSINESS ORDERS AMONG SOME LARGE FIRMS.
FOURTH QUARTER,
EXPECT FURTHER
LOOKING AHEAD, MANUFACTURERS GENERALLY DETERIORATION IN BOTH ASPECTS IN THE FOLLOWING QUARTER.
IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR, THE GENERAL BUSINESS SITUATION CAPACITY UTILISATION REMAINED THE SAME AS THEY WERE IN
AND QUARTER.
THE PREVIOUS
LOOKING AHEAD, THEY EXPECT THAT BUSINESS
SLIGHTLY WHILE CAPACITY UTILISATION WILL
SITUATION WILL REMAIN BROADLY
DETERIORATE
THE SAME IN THE FOLLOWING QUARTER.
REGARDING BUSINESS PROBLEMS, PRICE COMPETITION FROM LOCAL FIRMS REMAINED THE MOST FREQUENTLY QUOTED PROBLEM IN THE SECTOR.
DEVELOPMENT
AND
MOST OF THE FIRMS FROM THE INDUSTRY OF REAL ESTATE AND RELATED SERVICES REPORTED THAT THE GENERAL BUSINESS SITUATION CAPACITY UTILISATION HAD REMAINED BROADLY THE SAME AS THEY WERE IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER.
THAT THE
LOOKING AHEAD, FIRMS IN THIS TRADE GENERALLY EXPECT BUSINESS SITUATION WILL REMAIN THE SAME IN THE FOLLOWING QUARTER.
THE
AS REGARDS THE WHOLESALE, RETAIL, AND IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES, GENERAL BUSINESS SITUATION IMPROVED FURTHER IN THE QUARTER, WHICH IS A HIGH SEASON FOR RETAIL SALES.
EXPECT FOLLOWING
LOOKING AHEAD, FIRMS FROM THE DISTRIBUTIVE TRADES
THAT THE FAVOURABLE BUSINESS SITUATION WILL CONTINUE INTO
QUARTER.
GENERALLY
THE
NONETHELESS, THE FIRMS WILL STILL HAVE TO COPE WITH KEEN COMPETITION, HIGH STAFF COSTS AND RENTALS.
PRICE
BUSINESS
RESTAURANT OPERATORS EXPERIENCED AN IMPROVED GENERAL SITUATION AND CAPACITY UTILISATION IN THE QUARTER, WHICH IS USUALLY A HIGH SEASON FOR RESTAURANT BUSINESS.
LOOKING AHEAD, RESTAURANT OPERATORS GENERALLY EXPECT A
IMPROVEMENT IN ROTH BUSINESS SITUATION
FURTHER UTILISATION.
SLIGHT AND CAPACITY
GENERAL
THE MAJORITY OF HOTEL OPPRATORS REPORTED IMPROVEMENT
BUSINESS SITUATION AND CAPACITY UTILISATION IN
IN
THE
THE QUARTER.
/LOOKING AHEAD