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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1993
SPONSORED BY
THE
ALSO ON NEW YEAR'S EVE, A DANCING PARTY, KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION, WILL BE HELD AT 9 PM ON THE PODIUM OF THE SHA TIN TOWN HALL.
CAPTURE THE RESIDENTS MAY ALSO JOIN A PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST TO BEAUTY OF THE SHA TIN LIGHTS. APPLICATION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE ENTRIES SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICE, FIRST FLOOR, KCR HOUSE. DEADLINE FOR IS FEBRUARY 28.
ENQUIRIES ON THE CONTEST CAN BE MADE ON TEL 604 8078 EXT 33.
JOINTLY
THE FESTIVE PROGRAMME, COSTING ABOUT $2.8 MILLION, IS
REGIONAL SERVICES ORGANISED BY THE SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE DEPARTMENT.
TV,
THE SHA TIN PCOFL IT IS ORGANISED BY
IS ALSO DEPARTMENT. IT REGIONAL DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE
COUNCIL, CABLE SPONSORED BY THE SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD, THE REGIONAL
LAND HENDERSON RAILWAY KOWLOON-CANTON DEVELOPMENT LTD.
AND CO-ORGANISED
BY
SERVICES
CORPORATION,
TVB AND
ORDERS-ON-HAND OF MANUFACTURERS IN OCTOBER
THE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND FOR THE 200 LARGEST MANUFACTURERS DECREASED SLIGHTLY BY 2% IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR OVER A YEAR EARLIER, ACCORDING TO A MONTHLY SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND IS MEASURED IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF MONTHS THAT MANUFACTURERS WILL REQUIRE TO COMPLETE THE ORDERS OUTSTANDING AS AT THE END OF THE REFERENCE MONTH.
COMPARED WITH THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR, ORDERS POSITION IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS AND THE TEXTILES INDUSTRIES DECREASED MODERATELY BY 5% AND 4% RESPECTIVELY. A SLIGHT DECREASE OF 2% WAS ALSO RECORDED IN THE WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRY.
8%
ON THE OTHER HAND, ORDERS POSITION INCREASED MODERATELY BY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY. AN INCREASE OF 1% WAS ALSO RECORDED IN THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.
COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING MONTH, ORDERS FOR ALL MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED DECREASED SLIGHTLY BY 1%.
THE
ORDERS POSITION DECREASED IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY (5%), THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY (4%) AND THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY (3%).
ON THE
REPORTED
OTHER HAND, ORDERS IN THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY LITTLE CHANGE. A SLIGHT INCREASE OF 2% WAS RECORDED IN THE WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRY.
THE MONTHLY SURVEY OF ORDERS-ON-HAND COVERS A PANEL OF THE 200 LARGEST MANUFACTURERS CHOSEN BY REFERENCE TO THEIR EMPLOYMENT SIZES IN SEPTEMBER 1986.
/A SPOKESMAN
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