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MONDAY, MAY 24, 1976

+SIMILAR SPECIALIST CLINIC FACILITIES ARE PROVIDED BY THE SAI YING PUN JOCKEY CLUB POLYCLINIC IN ISLAND WEST, AND IN KOWLOON, BY THE SPECIALIST CLINIC AT QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL AND THE YAUMATI POLYCLINIC. IN ORDER TO MEET THE INCREASING NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS FOR CONSULTATIONS IN NORTH-WEST KOWLOON, KWAI CHUNG,

TSUEN WAN AND TSING YI, AND TO SERVE AS A SPECIALIST CLINIC FOR THE PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL, THE SOUTH KWAI CHUNG JOCKEY CLUB POLYCLINIC WHICH INCORPORATES A SPECIALIST CLINIC WILL BE PUT INTO OPERATION IN THE LATTER HALF OF 1976.

+ IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY TO PERFORM THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TANG CHI NGONG SPECIALIST CLINIC. I NOW DECLARE IT OPEN.+

EMPLOYMENT UP IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY

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THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE EMPLOYED IN MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS IN HONG KONG IN THE MIDDLE OF MARCH THIS YEAR WAS 698,787. THIS REPRESENTED AN INCREASE OF 19,930 OR 2.9 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH THE FIGURE OF 678,857 FOR DECEMBER LAST YEAR.

THE LATEST STATISTICS ARE THE RESULT OF A SURVEY CARRIED OUT BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT,

AT THE INDUSTRY SECTOR LEVEL, MAIN INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN GARMENTS (+10,821), COTTON WEAVING (+1,789), PLASTIC TOYS (+1,589), MISCELLANEOUS PLASTIC PRODUCTS (+1,148) AND HANDBAGS (+612). DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN COTTON SPINNING (-379), METAL WRIST WATCH BANDS (-333), BLEACHING AND DYEING (-315), GLOVES (-280) AND RUBBER FOOTWEAR (-271).

IN TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT, THE FIVE LARGEST INDUSTRY GROUPS REMAINED WEARING APPAREL (249,883), TEXTILES (114,973), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPLIANCES AND SUPPLIES (67,224), PLASTIC PRODUCTS (66,485) AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (58,221).

WHEN COMPARED WITH A TOTAL OF 591,659 PERSONS ENGAGED IN MARCH 1975. THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE EMPLOYED IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IN MARCH THIS YEAR SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 107,128 PERSONS OR 18 PER CENT.

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