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Friday, March 2, 1973
INDUSTRIAL CENSUS TO BE UNDERTAKEN
Results Should Be Of Value To Manufacturers
The Census and Statistics Department will carry out a comprehensive
census of industrial production in Hong Kong.
The Census Order 1973, published in today's Gazette for general
information, stipulates that the particulars obtained from the census will
be in relation to the year 1973.
All types of manufacturing, mining and quarrying, as well as the
supply of electricity, gas and water would be covered by the census, a
spokesman for the Department said.
Questions would be asked relating to employment, costs of raw
materials, services and wages, value of stocks and sales of finished products,
and capital expenditure.
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"This information will enable an estimate to be made of the
contribution of the manufacturing section to the Hong Kong economy,
spokesman said.
Consultations with manufacturers' associations and with individual
factories had already started, he added, and it appeared that the information
required could be provided by the major industrial persons in Hong Kong.
When published, the results of this census would be of considerable
value to manufacturers in enabling them to make comparisons of production
efficiency with other firms in the same industry or in other industries,
he added. "It will also show the productive potential of the various manufacturing
sections in Hong Kong.
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