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ON
TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1994
THE MONTHLY SURVEY OF ORDERS-ON-HAND COVERS A SAMPLE OF SOME 300 MANUFACTURING FIRMS ENGAGING 50 OR MORE WORKERS.
REFER
PARTS
OF WHICH
AND TO ORDERS MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS-ON-HAND ORDERS RECEIVED EARLIER BY MANUFACTURERS FOR LOCAL PRODUCTION REMAIN UNFILLED AS AT THE END OF THE REFERENCE MONTH.
ORDERS
RECEIVED BY
SUCH
IN ENGAGED TRADERS NOT
TO ORDERS ARE FURTHER PLACED
PRODUCTION MANUFACTURERS
ARE
FOR
INCLUDED IF PRODUCTION LOCALLY.
HOWEVER, ORDERS PLACED TO MANUFACTURING FIRMS FOR PRODUCTION IN INCLUDED IN THIS CHINA AND OTHER PLACES OUTSIDE HONG KONG ARE NOT SERIES OF ORDERS-ON-HAND STATISTICS.
FROM BEGINNING
JANUARY 1994, A NEW SERIES OF STATISTICS ON.
FORM OF MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS-ON-HAND IN VALUE TERMS COMPILED IN THE AN INDEX IS PRODUCED, TO REPLACE THE OLD SERIES WHICH WAS EXPRESSED IN TERMS OF NUMBER OF MONTHS TO COMPLETE THE OUTSTANDING ORDERS.
MEASURE OF
THE NEW STATISTICAL SERIES PROVIDES A MORE DIRECT THE OVERALL VALUE OF ORDERS IN THE LOCAL MANUFACTURING SECTOR THAT LEAD TO THE GENERATION OF LOCAL MANUFACTURING OUTPUT.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT POINTED OUT THAT CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED IN INTERPRETING THE MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS-ON-HAND FIGURES IN A SINGLE MONTH.
INSTEAD, THE TREND MOVEMENT OF THE SERIES AS DISPLAYED OVER A WIDER SPAN OF TIME POINTS SHOULD BE LOOKED AT.
MAY 1994,
FOR
AT $4.5 A SURVEY REPORT THE
IS NOW COPY, AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST
BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, OFFICE
AND AT THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT PUBLICATIONS SECTION, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER, 12 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI.
ENQUIRIES
ABOUT THE SURVEY
RESULTS MAY
BE MADE
TO THE STATISTICS
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND DEPARTMENT ON TEL 805 6441.
/THE FOLLOWING
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