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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1994
IN THE SURVEY, PARTICIPATING FIRMS WERE ASKED TO INDICATE WHETHER, IN THEIR OPINION, THE GENERAL BUSINESS SITUATION AND THE LEVEL OF CAPACITY UTILISATION HAD 'IMPROVED' 'REMAINED THE SAME' OR *DETERIORATED' IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1993 AS COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING QUARTER.
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THEY WERE ALSO ASKED TO INDICATE WHETHER THE SITUATION IS EXPECTED TO IMPROVE', 'REMAIN THE SAME' OR 'DETERIORATE' IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1994.
SUMMARY
THE OPINIONS OF RESPONDENTS WERE THEN ANALYSED AND THE FINDINGS PUBLISHED IN THE "REPORT ON QUARTERLY BUSINESS SURVEY, FOURTH QUARTER 1993".
MOREOVER, THE SURVEY REPORT CONTAINS A SECTION ON THE BUSINESS PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED AND EXPECTED BY FIRMS IN THE DIFFERENT ECONOMIC SECTORS.
THE DEPARTMENT REMARKED THAT, IN A SURVEY OF THIS NATURE, THE RESULTS SHOULD BE INTERPRETED WITH CAUTION AS IT IS DIFFICULT ΤΟ ESTABLISH PRECISELY THE EXTENT TO WHICH RESPONDENTS' RECOLLECTION OF THE PAST AND PERCEPTION OF THE FUTURE ACCORDS WITH THE UNDERLYING TRENDS.
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STARTING FROM 1994, THE QUARTERLY BUSINESS SURVEY WILL REPLACED BY A SIMILAR ENQUIRY ENTITLED "HALF-YEARLY BUSINESS PROSPECTS SURVEY".
THIS SURVEY, TO BE HELD AT HALF-YEARLY INTERVALS RATHER THAN QUARTERLY, WILL CONTINUE TO COLLECT VIEWS OF FIRMS ON THE SHORT-TERM PROSPECTS OF THE RESPECTIVE MAJOR BUSINESS SECTORS.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY PURCHASE COPIES OF THE QUARTERLY BUSINESS SURVEY REPORT FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, OR FROM THE PUBLICATIONS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER, 12 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI, AT $12.50 A COPY.
FURTHER
DETAILS OF THE QUARTERLY BUSINESS SURVEY MAY BE THE INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TEL 839 3223.
OBTAINED FROM
JANUARY 1994 AIR QUALITY REPORT
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) TODAY (MONDAY) RELEASED AIR QUALITY INFORMATION FOR JANUARY 1994.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THE PURPOSE OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS TO KEEP THE PUBLIC INFORMED OF THE AIR QUALITY LEVELS IN THE TERRITORY AND TO EXPLAIN THE MEASUREMENTS.
/THE ANNOUNCEMENT