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SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 1977
QUARTERLY INDEX OF TEXTILE PRODUCTION
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IN ORDER TO SHOW MORE EXPLICITLY THE RECENT TREND OF PHYSICAL PRODUCTION IN HONG KONG'S TEXTILES INDUSTRIES, THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT HAS COMPILED A QUARTERLY INDEX OF TEXTILE PRODUCTION WITH 1973 AS THE BASE PERIOD.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THE INDEX WAS COMPILED FROM RESULTS OF A QUARTERLY TEXTILE PRODUCTION SURVEY WHICH COVERED MAINLY THE SPINNING AND WEAVING INDUSTRIES.
WITHIN EACH INDUSTRY, HE SAID, A NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVE COMMODITY ITEMS WERE SELECTED AND THEIR VOLUME OF PRODUCTION COMPARED WITH SUCCESSIVE QUARTERS. CHANGES IN THE QUANTITIES OF INDIVIDUAL COMMODITY ITEMS PRODUCED WERE THEN PROPERLY WEIGHTED TO GIVE INDEXES AT THE INDUSTRY AND OVERALL LIVELS.
THE INDEX SHOWS THAT PHYSICAL PRODUCTION OF THE TEXTILES INDUSTRIES REACHED A PEAK IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1976. THE OVERALL INDEX STOOD AT 133 IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1976 BUT IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, IT WAS 121.
VIEWED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, THE VOLUME OF TEXTILE PRODUCTION FOR THE TWO INDUSTRIES COVERED HAS INCREASED BY 26% SINCE 1973 THE INDEX FOR 1976 BEING 126. THE CORRESPONDING SPINNING INDUSTRY AND WEAVING INDUSTRY INDEXES WERE RESPECTIVELY 115 AND 143.
COPIES OF A REPORT ON THIS INDEX ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE DEPARTMENT UPON REQUEST AND THE LATEST INDEX FIGURES ARE BEING PUBLISHED IN THE HONG KONG MONTHLY DIGEST OF STATISTICS.
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WATER CUT * * *
WATER SUPPLY TO A NUMBER OF PREMISES IN SHAU KEI WAN WILL BE TURNED OFF FOR FIVE HOURS FROM 1 A.M. ON TUESDAY (APRIL 26).
THE PREMISES AFFECTED ARE BOUNDED BY SHAU KEI WAN ROAD, CHURCH STREET AND THE SEAFRONT, INCLUDING FACTORY STREET, TAI TAK STREET, MONG LUNG STREET, KAM WA STREET, PO MAN STREET, SHAU KEI WAN MAIN STREET EAST AND WANG WA STREET.
ON THE SAME DAY, WATER SUPPLY TO ALL PREMISES IN AP LEI CHAU, INCLUDING THE AP LEI CHAU POWER STATION, WILL ALSO BE TURNED OFF FOR FOUR HOURS FROM 1 A.M.
THE TEMPORARY STOPPAGES ARE TO ENABLE THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT TO CARRY OUT NIGHT LEAKAGE TESTS.
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