XN000022-1979-05-15 — Page 5

TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1979

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FOR OTHER SERVICES, THE SECTORS --- BANKS AND MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS SERVICES - BOTH ENJOYED IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER AND EXPECT THEIR GOOD PERFORMANCES TO CARRY FORWARD INTO THE SECOND QUARTER.

THE TRANSPORTATION SECTOR DID WELL AND EXPECTS MILD IMPROVEMENTS.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE DATA, OBTAINED WITH A MINIMUM TIME LAG, WERE BASICALLY INTENDED TO FACILITATE A QUICK ASSESSMENT OF THE CURRENT ECONOMIC SITUATION IN HONG KONG.

APART FROM A LIMITED NUMBER OF QUESTIONS REQUIRING ANSWERS IN QUANTITATIVE TERMS, FIRMS WERE ASKED TO COMPARE THE QUARTER JUST PAST WITH THE PREVIOUS QUARTER AND SIMILARLY FOR THE FORTHCOMING ONE, AND ONLY HAD TO INDICATE WHETHER IN THEIR OPINION, A CERTAIN VARIABLE WAS +UP,+ +SAME OR DOWN.+

THE SPOKESMAN CAUTIONED THAT IN A SURVEY OF THIS NATURE, CONSIDERABLE RESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE IN THE INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS, AS IT WAS DIFFICULT TO ESTABLISH THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE RESPONDENTS' PERCEPTION OF THE PAST AND THE FUTURE ACCORDS WITH THE UNDERLYING TRENDS, AND THE SURVEY RESULTS ARE PROBABLY AFFECTED CONSIDERABLY BY SEASONALITY.

COPIES OF THE REPORT, CONTAINING AN ANALYSIS OF AND STATISTICAL TABLES ON VARIOUS ECONOMIC VARIABLES, HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO FIRMS TAKING PART IN THE SURVEY AND OTHER BUSINESS ORGANISATIONS.

STUDENT WINS HONOUR IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS EXAMINATION

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FOR THE SECOND TIME IN TWO YEARS A GRADUATE OF THE MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE'S ELECTRONIC ENGINEER ING COURSE TOOK FIRST PRIZE IN AN EXAMINATION RUN BY THE CITY AND GUILDS OF THE LONDON INSTITUTE.

THE GRADUATE, MR. HO KAM-WAI, WON A SILVER MEDAL FOR HIS PERFORMANCE IN THE RADIO AND LINE TRANSMISSION B COURSE EXAMINATION HELD AT THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC IN MAY AND JUNE LAST YEAR.

MR. HO PURSUED A TECHNICIAN DIPLOMA COURSE IN ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING IN THE MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FROM SEPTEMBER, 1976, TO JULY, LAST YEAR. HE IS NOW STUDYING FOR THE HIGHER DIPLOMA IN THE SAME SUBJECT IN THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC.

A TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNICIAN IN THE MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, MR. FUNG YUEN-KWONG, ALSO RECEIVED FIRST PRIZE IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNICIAN PRINCIPLES B COURSE EXAMINATION CONDUCTED IN DECEMBER, 1976.

THE IR REMARKABLE RESULTS WERE ACHIEVED IN COMPETITION WITH CANDIDATES FROM ALL OVER BRITAIN AND THROUGHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH.

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