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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1980

+AN OUTLINE OF STATISTICAL DEVELOPMENT+ PROVIDES IN SUMMARY FORM A REPORT ON THE GOVERNMENT STATISTICAL ORGANISATION, AS WELL AS THE MAIN LINES OF PRESENT STATISTICAL ACTIVITY AND FORESEEN DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

THESE THREE REPORTS ARE AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AT $2, $1 AND $4 RESPECTIVELY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE.

THE PUBLICATIONS SOON TO BECOME AVAILABLE ARE:

1. HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC PROSPECTS 1980 (BIANNUAL)

2. HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS SUMMARY (MONTHLY)

3. MONTHLY SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT, PAYROLL AND ORDERS-ON-HAND

(MONTHLY)

4. HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE (MONTHLY)

5. QUARTERLY BUSINESS SURVEY REPORT (QUARTERLY)

6. TEXTILE PRODUCTION STATISTICS (QUARTERLY)

7. LABOUR FORCE SURVEY (BIANNUAL)

8. STATISTICS OF ESTABLISHMENTS AND EMPLOYMENT (QUARTERLY)

9. WAGE STATISTICS REPORT (BIANNUAL)

10. EMPLOYMENT, WAGES AND MATERIAL PRICES IN THE

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY (QUARTERLY)

11. CENSUS OF INDUSTRY REPORT (ANNUAL)

ENQUIRIES CONCERNING THESE REPORTS MAY BE MADE BY TELEPHONE TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT AT 5-452692.

APPRENTICES GRADUATE FROM WORK SAFETY COURSE

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PROPRIETORS OF LOCAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES AND FACTORIES WERE URGED TODAY TO MAKE FULL USE OF THE FREE SERVICES OFFERED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE.

THE PLEA WAS MADE BY THE ACTING COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR J.C.A. HAMMOND, WHEN HE PRESENTED CERTIFICATES TO ONE FOREMAN AND 39 APPRENTICES OF THE HS IN CHONG CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LTD, WHO HAVE COMPLETED A CONSTRUCTION SAFETY TRAINING COURSE OFFERED BY THE CENTRE.

THE PRESENTATION WAS HELD AT THE CENTRE LOCATED IN THE CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES.

/MR HAMMOND