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SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1976.

HONG KONG REGIMENT'S 122ND ANNIVERSARY

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MEN OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT (THE VOLUNTEERS) MOUNTED GUARD AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE TODAY (SATURDAY) AS PART OF THE CELEBRATION OF THE 122ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDATION OF THE REGIMENT IN 1854.

THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, INSPECTED THE GUARD AT 9 A.M. TODAY.

THE MAJOR EVENT TO MARK THE FOUNDATION DAY OF THE REGIMENT WILL BE A DINNER AT THE OFFICERS' MESS IN BEACONSFIELD HOUSE ON MONDAY (MAY 31) EVENING.

THE GOVERNOR WILL BE THE GUEST OF HONOUR AT THE DINNER AND THE COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES, LIEUT. GENERAL JOHN ARCHER, WILL ALSO ATTEND THE FUNCTION.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

THE GOVERNOR IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AT BEACONSFIELD HOUSE AT 8.15 P.M. ON MONDAY. PRESS PHOTOGRAPHERS ARE WELCOME TO COVER HIS ARRIVAL.

EMPLOYMENT UP IN WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADES

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A TOTAL OF 254,377 PEOPLE WAS ENGAGED IN THE IMPORT/EXPORT, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADES IN MARCH 1976, AN INCREASE OF 387 OR 0.2 PER CENT COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1975.

ACCORDING TO A RECENT EMPLOYMENT SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, 123,439 OF THE TOTAL NUMBER ENGAGED WERE IN THE RETAIL SECTOR, 73,205 IN IMPORT/EXPORT BUSINESSES AND 21,354 IN THE WHOLESALE SECTOR.

THE OTHER 36,379 PEOPLE WERE ENGAGED IN A COMBINATION OF IMPORT/EXPORT, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL ACTIVITIES.

THE SURVEY ALSO RECORDED 102,507 PEOPLE BEING ENGAGED IN RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS, COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS QUARTER, THE FIGURE WAS HIGHER BY 2,736 OR 2.7 PER CENT.

OF THESE 102,507 PEOPLE, 86,004 WORKED IN RESTAURANTS, CAFES AND BARS, AND 16,503 IN HOTELS AND BOARDING HOUSES,

DETAILED FIGURES OF EMPLOYMENT BROKEN DOWN BY COMMODITY GROUPS OR NATURE OF BUSINESS ARE OBTAINABLE ON REQUEST FROM THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

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