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AT PRESENT, PREPARATION FOR THE FESTIVAL IS LIMITED ΤΟ THE FORMULATION OF CONCEPTUAL IDEAS.
A STEERING COMMITTEE UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF BARONESS DUNN WILL FIRST BE FORMED TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION TO THE ORGANISATION OF THE FESTIVAL.
THE TOTAL SUM REQUIRED IS ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND $38 MILLION, TO BE FUNDED ON AN EQUAL-SHARING BASIS BY GOVERNMENT AND COMMERCIAL SPONSORS.
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WILL APPROACHED FOR THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.
SOON
BE
0
VMS TAKE FOOD AGAIN
IN WHITEHEAD
(HIDC)
MOST OF THE VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS (VMS)
DETENTION CENTRE (WHDC) AND HIGH ISLAND DETENTION CENTRE
WHO HAD BEEN REFUSING FOOD ISSUED BY THE MANAGEMENT FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS RESUMED TAKING CAMP RATIONS TODAY (THURSDAY).
A TOTAL OF 53 AND 15 VMS CONTINUED THEIR REFUSAL OF FOOD IN WHDC AND HIDC RESPECTIVELY.
SURVEY OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION FOR 1993 BEGINS
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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (THURSDAY) THE SURVEY OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION FOR 1993 HAD STARTED.
COMPILE THE ANNUAL SURVEY IS PART OF A CONTINUOUS PROGRAMME TO STATISTICS ON THE STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE OF VARIOUS ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN HONG KONG.
THE SURVEY AIMS TO OBTAIN UP-TO-DATE STATISTICAL DATA FOR EVALUATING THE CONTRIBUTION OF VARIOUS INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES TO HONG KONG'S GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT AND FOR ASCERTAINING THEIR COST STRUCTURE, OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS AND OUTPUT LEVELS.
THE SURVEY RESULTS ARE USEFUL TO BOTH THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN FORMULATING POLICIES AND MAKING DECISIONS.
THE COMMISSIONER FOR CENSUS AND STATISTICS, MR FREDERICK HO, APPEALED
TO TO THE MANAGEMENTS OF ALL SAMPLED ESTABLISHMENTS
FULFIL THEIR LEGAL AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES BY RETURNING PROMPTLY
OF OFFICERS
COMPLETED
AND QUESTIONNAIRES DEPARTMENT DURING THE SURVEY.
CO-OPERATING WITH
THE THE
/HE STRESSED