FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1994
THE NEED OF LOCAL IDENTIFIED STUDY ON HONG
"IT IS HOPED THAT THE CENTRE WILL MEET ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY FOR AN APPLIED RESEARCH FACILITY, AS IN THE
TECHNO-ECONOMIC AND MARKET RESEARCH 1992/93 KONG'S ELECTRONICS DEPARTMENT, SHE SAID.
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INDUSTRY
COMMISSIONED
BY
THE
OF
INDUSTRY
MISS YUE SAID THE SECOND PROJECT INVOLVED THE USE MILLION BY THE HKPC AND CITY POLYTECHNIC OF HONG KONG TO SET RAPID PROTOTYPING CENTRE.
AND
$29.85 UP A
PROTOTYPING
SO THE
TRANSFER,
"THE CENTRE WILL PROVIDE MANUFACTURERS WITH RAPID RELATED SERVICES, SUCH AS TRAINING AND TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY CAN RESPOND MORE QUICKLY TO MARKET DEMANDS BY REDUCING LEAD TIME IN THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PRODUCTS.
WHICH "THE THIRD PROJECT,
INVOLVES THE USE OF SOME $14.4 ΤΟ SET MILLION BY THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
RESEARCH CENTRE, AIMS TO ASSIST UP A LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY (LCD)
OF LOCAL LCD MANUFACTURERS
ACQUIRE
TECHNICAL CAPABILITY MANUFACTURING HIGH-END LCDS, HENCE ENABLING THEM TO TAKE ADVANTAGE THE GROWING MARKET FOR HIGH-END AND HIGH RESOLUTION LCDS,
ΤΟ
THE
OF
"IT WILL ALSO LESSEN THE RELIANCE OF LOCAL ELECTRONICS
WHICH WILL
BE
INDUSTRY ON
LCDS FROM OVERSEAS COUNTRIES, HIGH-END SUBJECT TO FLUCTUATIONS IN PRICE AND SUPPLY," SHE ADDED.
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UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES FOR FEBRUARY APRIL
―
SEASONALLY THE
ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR THE PERIOD FEBRUARY TO APRIL THIS YEAR WAS 2.1%, AND THE UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 1.5%, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST LABOUR FORCE STATISTICS RELEASED (FRIDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT,
TODAY
THE
THE PROVISIONAL SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR
OF MARCH ΤΟ MAY 1994 WAS 2.2%, WHILE THE PROVISIONAL UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 1.5%.
PERIOD
THE LATEST FIGURES SUGGEST THAT THE LABOUR MARKET HAS REMAINED GENERALLY TIGHT IN RECENT MONTHS.
DURING THE PERIOD OF FEBRUARY TO APRIL 1994, THE NUMBER OF OF FIRST- UNEMPLOYED PERSONS, ADJUSTED FOR VARIATIONS IN THE NUMBER
WAS JOB-SEEKERS,
ESTIMATED AT 62,000, WHILE THE NUMBER UNDEREMPLOYED PERSONS WAS ESTIMATED AT 43,800,
TIME
OF
THE UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS WERE OBTAINED FROM A CONTINUOUS GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THE SURVEY FOR FEBRUARY TO APRIL 1994 COVERED A QUARTERLY SAMPLE OF SOME 12,300 HOUSEHOLDS OR 42,400 PERSONS, SELECTED SCIENTIFICALLY TO REPRESENT THE LAND-BASED CIVILIAN NON-INSTITUTIONAL POPULATION IN HONG KONG,
/RELEVANT DATA
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