15
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1993
COVERED
A
SAMPLE
NOT BE
FULLY SECTOR.
SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID BECAUSE THE SURVEY
THE LARGE COMPANIES,
RESULTS MIGHT OF THE GENERAL SITUATION OF THE MANUFACTURING
ONLY
REPRESENTATIVE
A USEFUL "NEVERTHELESS, THE RESULTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE
A QUICK ASSESSMENT INDICATION OF THE DIRECTION OF CHANGE FOR MAKING of SHORT-TERM DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS SECTOR,
++
HE SAID.
ON OFFICE STATISTICS
THE SURVEY REPORT FOR OCTOBER 1993, AT $5.50 A COPY, IS NOW
CENTRE,
POST GENERAL SALE
THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS AT BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, AND AT THE CENSUS AND
PUBLICATIONS
TOWER, HANCHAI
19TH
FLOOR,
12
DEPARTMENT
SECTION,
HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI.
ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE RESULTS
MAY BE
MADE OF THE
INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT
PRODUCTION STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS ON TELEPHONE 805 6441.
HAND:
THE FOLLOWING TABLE SHOWS THE PERCENTAGE CHANGES IN ORDERS-ON-
INDUSTRY
ALL MANUFACTURERS
SURVEYED
WEARING APPAREL
TEXTILES
PLASTIC PRODUCTS
AS AT THE END OF
OCTOBER 1993
(MONTHS)
FABRICATED METAL
PRODUCTS
ELECTRICAL AND
ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS
OTHERS
* CHANGES WITHIN +/-0.5%
CHANGE WHEN COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1993 OCTOBER 1992
(%)
(%)
4.34
- 1
-2
4.56
+2
-2
1.95
-4
2.65
-4
+8
4.
33
-5
5.79
+1
3.82
+1
-3
DRUG ABUSERS ADVISED AGAINST TETANUS
METHADONE
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TODAY (FRIDAY) CALLED ON DRUG то TREATMENT TO QUIT INJECTING DRUGS AND OPT FOR THEMSELVES FROM THE THREAT OF TETANUS.
ABUSERS PROTECT
THE APPEAL WAS MADE FOLLOWING THE DEPARTMENT'S INVESTIGATION WHICH REVEALED AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF TETANUS CASES AMONG DRUG ABUSERS.
WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF PUBLIC HOSPITALS, ACTIVE CASE FINDING BY THE DEPARTMENT SHOWED THAT ALL OF THE 24 CASES OF TETANUS ADMITTED BETWEEN NOVEMBER 1 TO DECEMBER 15 HAD A PAST HISTORY OF ABUSING DRUG THROUGH INJECTION.
/THE CAUSE