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Miss Yue also pointed out that Hong Kong's manufacturing sector was well known for its flexibility and ability to adapt to frequent changes.
"Over the years, there has been a continuous shift from the assembly of relatively labour-intensive and simple products to the manufacture of more technology-intensive and sophisticated products with a higher value-added content," she said.
The report also contains the findings of a survey of Hong Kong's manufacturing environment conducted by the Industry Department between June and September this
year.
Questionnaires were sent to 2,467 sampled establishments in 14 selected manufacturing industries. A total of 1,931 valid returns were received.
When asked to comment on the favourability of 12 given investment factors, more than half of the respondents considered seven of those factors to be favourable.
They were: Hong Kong's infrastructure, banking and financial facilities, regional location, labour productivity, availability of managerial skills, availability of professional/technical skills and support of linkage industries.
End/Tuesday, December 20, 1994
Young drug abusers on increase
There has been an increase in the number of young drug abusers first reported to the Government in the third quarter of this year over the same period in 1993, according to quarterly statistics released today (Tuesday).
When compared with the first and second quarters of this year, the figure shows a slower growth.
The Action Committee Against Narcotics was told of the latest drug situation at its meeting this afternoon.