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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
Sunday, March 24, 1974
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION CENSUS STARTS TOMORROW
Manufacturers Urged To Complete Questionnaires Early
Starting tomorrow (Monday) the Census and Statistics Department's
staff will deliver or post questionnaire forms to be used for the 1973
Industrial Production Census.
This Census is the first of its kind in Hong Kong and will
cover establishments engaged in manufacturing, mining and quarrying,
electricity, gas and water supply. Information to be collected will
include employment, labour cost, materials and products, local sales
and exports, capital expenditure and stocks of fixed assets.
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A spokesman for the Census and Statistics Department said that
Hong Kong is the only major manufacturing centre in the world which has
not collected industrial production statistics on a systematic basis.
"Both the government and commerce and industry have for some
time been concerned about the lack of comprehensive statistics on industrial
production and related subjects," he said. "Information of this kind
is vital not only to negotiations with the government and industries
abroad, but also to enable the government to facilitate economic and
social development in Hong Kong.
"Manufacturers and merchants need these statistics so that they
can compare their own performance with the overall average in the same
industry sector. Industrial production and related statistics are also
basic to economic analysis and research."
/In July
Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel: 5-233191
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