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INSUFFICIENT BUSINESS ORDERS REMAINED THE BUSINESS PROBLEM MOST CITED BY THE MANUFACTURERS FROM THIS INDUSTRY.
ALTHOUGH PRICE COMPETITION FROM LOCAL FIRMS REMAINED KEEN, THAT FROM OVERSEAS FIRMS BASED SOMEWHAT. LOOKING AHEAD, BROADLY THE SAME BUSINESS SITUATION IS EXPECTED.
MANUFACTURERS FROM THE ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND APPLIANCES INDUSTRY REPORTED THAT THE GENERAL BUSINESS SITUATION IMPROVED IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1993.
THE PROBLEM OF SHORTAGE OF GENERAL LABOUR ALLEVIATED THOUGH HIGH WAGE RATES CONTINUED TO BE A DOMINANT BUSINESS PROBLEM IN THIS INDUSTRY. LOOKING AHEAD, BROADLY THE SAME BUSINESS SITUATION IS EXPECTED IN THE FOLLOWING QUARTER.
HIGHER THAN EXPECTED IMPROVEMENT IN THE GENERAL BUSINESS SITUATION WAS REPORTED BY THE MANUFACTURERS FROM THE PRINTING INDUSTRY IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1993.
THE PROBLEM OF HIGH WAGE RATES ALLEVIATED SOMEWHAT IN THE QUARTER BUT PRICE COMPETITION FROM LOCAL FIRMS REMAINED KEEN AND THE PROBLEM OF SHORTAGE OF SKILLED LABOUR INTENSIFIED. LOOKING AHEAD, MANUFACTURERS EXPECT FURTHER SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN THE GENERAL BUSINESS SITUATION.
CONTRARY TO WHAT HAD BEEN EXPECTED BEFORE, THE GENERAL BUSINESS SITUATION AND CAPACITY UTILISATION OF THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY DETERIORATED IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1993.
KEEN PRICE COMPETITION, INSUFFICIENT BUSINESS ORDERS AND HIGH WAGE RATES REMAINED DOMINANT IN THE QUARTER. LOOKING AHEAD, MANUFACTURERS FROM THIS INDUSTRY GENERALLY EXPECT IMPROVEMENT IN THE BUSINESS SITUATION IN THE FOLLOWING QUARTER.
IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR, ALTHOUGH SLIGHTLY BELOW PREVIOUS EXPECTATION, BOTH THE GENERAL BUSINESS SITUATION AND CAPACITY UTILISATION IMPROVED IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1993.
PRICE COMPETITION FROM LOCAL FIRMS REMAINED KEEN IN THE QUARTER WHILE THE PROBLEM OF HIGH MATERIAL PRICES ALLEVIATED. LOOKING
AHBAD, FURTHER IMPROVEMENT IN THE GENERAL BUSINESS SITUATION IS EXPECTED THE FOLLOWING QUARTER.
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FOR THE WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES, BOTH GENERAL BUSINESS SITUATION AND CAPACITY UTILISATION IMPROVED IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1993.
KEEN PRICE COMPETITION CONTINUED TO BE THE MAJOR BUSINESS PROBLEM IN THESE TRADES. LOOKING AHEAD, FURTHER IMPROVEMENT IN THE BUSINESS SITUATION IS EXPECTED IN THE FOLLOWING QUARTER.
IN LINE WITH THE USUAL SEASONAL TREND, RESTAURANT OPERATORS IMPROVEMENT IN BOTH THE GENERAL BUSINESS SITUATION AND
IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1993.
REPORTED CAPACITY
UTILISATION
THE PROBLEM OF INSUFFICIENT BUSINESS ALLEVIATED IN THE QUARTER WHILE THE PROBLEM OF KEEN PRICE COMPETITION INTENSIFIED. LOOKING AHEAD, THE MAJORITY OF THE RESTAURANT OPERATORS EXPECT THAT THE BUSINESS SITUATION WILL FURTHER IMPROVE IN THE FOLLOWING QUARTER.
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