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TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1994
ARTICLE TELLS HOW ONP IS COMPILED
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A SPECIAL REVIEW ARTICLE INTRODUCING THE
BASIC CONCEPTS OF
GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT (GNP) STATISTICS AND DESCRIBING THE SYSTEM AND METHODOLOGY FOR ITS COMPILATION IN HONG KONG HAS BEEN PREPARED.
1994 ISSUE OF THE HONG KONG IT IS CONTAINED IN THE MAY MONTHLY DIGEST OF STATISTICS, NOW ON SALE AT $48 A COPY.
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THE CENSUS AND FOR COMPILING GNP
A NEW ANNUAL SURVEY WILL BE IMPLEMENTED BY STATISTICS DEPARTMENT
COLLECT DATA REQUIRED
STATISTICS.
ROUND OF THE
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THE FIRST SURVEY WOULD BE LAUNCHED IN OCTOBER TO COLLECT DATA FOR COMPILING FOR THE REFERENCE YEAR 1993.
ABOUT 12,000 COMPANIES IN VARIOUS BUSINESSES WILL BE
HE SAID.
GNP
COVERED,
THE SURVEY WILL COLLECT DATA ON EXTERNAL FACTOR INCOME FLOWS IN HONG KONG.
THE INCOME FLOWS ARE CLASSIFIED INTO FOUR
PORTFOLIO INCOME, INVESTMENT INCOME AND COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES.
INVESTMENT
INCOME,
COMPONENTS: DIRECT OTHER INVESTMENT
"THESE
EXISTING GROSS
INCOME DOMESTIC
FLOWS
ESTIMATES, PRODUCT, WILL GIVE
WHEN
COMBINED GNP,"
WITH
THE
THE
SPOKESMAN
EXPLAINED.
THE ARTICLE ALSO DESCRIBES DETAILS OF STATISTICS TO BE COMPILED BASED ON THE SURVEY FINDINGS AND THE TIMING OF PUBLICATIONS.
THE
PUBLICATION
IS AVAILABLE AT THE
GOVERNMENT
PUBLICATIONS
PLACE,
CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, GROUND FLOOR, CONNAUGHT HONG KONG AND AT THE PUBLICATIONS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS WAN CHAI, DEPARTMENT ON 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER, 12 HARBOUR ROAD, HONG KONG.
SECONDARY 6 CENTRAL ALLOCATION BEGINS TOMORROW
A TOTAL OF 255 SECONDARY 6 PLACES ARE STILL AVAILABLE FOR CENTRAL ALLOCATION WHEN STAGE V OF THE S6 ADMISSION PROCEDURE BEGINS TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).
MEDIUM
THE VACANCIES COMPRISE 92 IN THE ARTS, 26 IN THE SCIENCE AND 30 IN THE COMMERCIAL STREAMS USING ENGLISH AS MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION; 63 IN THE ARTS AND 10 IN THE SCIENCE STREAMS USING CHINESE AS OF INSTRUCTION; 26 IN ENGINEERING AND EIGHT IN COMMERCIAL STREAMS IN PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS.
/A SPOKESMAN