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TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1994
DISTRICT BOARDS WILL BE CONSULTED
ON THE
COMING
WHILE TWO MONTHS
BRIEFINGS
OTHER WITH INCLUDING THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD AND THE LAND AND COMMITTEE, WILL ALSO BE ARRANGED.
IN THE BODIES,
STATEMENTS RELEVANT BUILDING ADVISORY
DR PRYOR ALSO TOLD THE PANEL THAT THE HONG
WAS BEING PREPARED DEVELOPMENT STATEMENT FEBRUARY OR MARCH, AND PREPARATION OF THE
WAS STATEMENT
SCHEDULED TO DEVELOPMENT COMPLETION BY MARCH 1996.
KONG
ISLAND
WEST
FOR
BY COMPLETION
NEXT CENTRAL AND EAST KOWLOON BEGIN THIS DECEMBER FOR
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VMS REFUSE TO TAKE FOOD
A TOTAL OF 3,585 VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS (VMS) IN WHITEHEAD DETENTION CENTRE (WHDC) AND 2,417 IN HIGH ISLAND DETENTION CENTRE (HIDC) REFUSED TO TAKE THE FOOD ISSUED BY THE MANAGEMENT TODAY (TUESDAY).
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT NOTED THAT BETWEEN MAY 1 AND MAY 29, A DAILY AVERAGE OF 423 VMS IN WHDC AND 151 IN HIDC HAD PARTICIPATED IN THE FOOD REFUSAL.
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419 UP TO YESTERDAY, A TOTAL OF 545 VMS
FROM WHDC AND 126 FROM HIDC HAD BEEN SENT TO OUTSIDE HOSPITALS FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT IN MAY, OF WHOM 61 HAD BEEN ADMITTED FOR OBSERVATION. AS AT TODAY, 11 OF THEM ARE STILL IN HOSPITAL.
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SURVEY ON WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADES,
RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS FOR 1993
ABOUT 9,300 ESTABLISHMENTS
WILL BE ENUMERATED IN
THE SURVBY
OF
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS FOR 1993 NOW UNDER WAY.
THE ANNUAL SURVEY IS PART OF A CONTINUOUS PROGRAMME TO COMPILE STATISTICS ON THE STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE OF VARIOUS ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN HONG KONG,
IT AIMS TO OBTAIN UP-TO-DATE STATISTICAL DATA FOR EVALUATING THE CONTRIBUTION OF VARIOUS ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES TO HONG KONG'S GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT AND FOR ASCERTAINING THEIR COST STRUCTURE, OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS AND SALES LEVELS.
THE SURVEY RESULTS ARE USEFUL TO BOTH THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN FORMULATING POLICIES AND MAKING DECISIONS.
/THE COMMISSIONER