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SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL FOR SECOND QUARTER ****

A SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL IN MAJOR SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY WILL BE CARRIED OUT NEXT MONTH BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THE SURVEY RESULTS ARE USEFUL IN PROVIDING SHORT-TERM ECONOMIC INDICATORS AS WELL AS INFORMATION ON STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN THE LABOUR MARKET IN HONG KONG, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

THE SURVEY WILL COVER ABOUT 125 000 ESTABLISHMENTS WHICH ARE DRAWN FROM VARIOUS SECTORS INCLUDING THE INDUSTRIAL AND THE SERVICES SECTORS WITH FULL ENUMERATION OF ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE WHOLESALE, RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR.

INFORMATION ON THE NUMBER OF PERSONS ENGAGED AND EXISTING VACANCIES ON JUNE 30 WILL BE ASKED OF EACH ESTABLISHMENT.

SOME 10 000 ESTABLISHMENTS WILL BE SELECTED FROM THE SAMPLE AND ASKED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON PAYROLL IN EACH OF THE THREE MONTHS DURING THE REFERENCE PERIOD OF APRIL JUNE 1982.

QUEST JONNARIES ARE BEING MAILED TO INDIVIDUAL BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS IN EARLY JULY.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS ORDER 1982 (LEGAL NOTICE NO. 69 OF 1982, GAZETTED ON MARCH 5 1982), ESTABLISHMENTS RECEIVING QUESTIONNARIES ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE AND RETURN THEM TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE SPECIFIED PERIOD.

FOUR LOTS OF CROWN LAND SOLD

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FOUR LOTS OF CROWN LAND WERE SOLD AT AN AUCTION CONDUCTED

BY THE LANDS DEPARTMENT AT THE SHOUSON THEATRE OF THE HONG KONG ARTS CENTRE TODAY (TUESDAY).

THE FIRST LOT, MEASURING ABOUT 5 900 SQUARE METRES IN CHUN FAI ROAD, MOUNT BUTLER, IS FOR PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL USES.

IT WAS SOLD TO WALSHAM ESTATE LTD. FOR $134 MILLION OR

$22 711.86 PER SQUARE METRE.

THE REMAINING THREE LOTS ARE IN YUEN LONG INDUSTRIAL AREA, SAI KUNG TOWN AND CHEUNG SHA ON LANTAU ISLAND RESPECTIVELY.

THE YUEN LONG SITE, COVERING AN AREA OF ABOUT 1 730 SQUARE METRES, WAS SOLD TO TAI CHUNG INVESTMENT CO. LTD. FOR $4.4 MILLION OR $2 543.35 PER SQUARE METRE. IT IS FOR INDUSTRIAL/GODOWN PURPOSES.

THE SAI KUNG LOT, WHICH IS FOR NON-INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES, MEASURES ABOUT 1 752 SQUARE METRES. IT WAS SOLD TO SHUN CHIU INVESTMENT CO. LTD. FOR $16,2 MILLION OR $9 246.58 PER SQUARE METRE.

THE REMAINING SITE ON LANTAU ISLAND, MEASURING ABOUT 4 628 SQUARE METRES, WAS BOUGHT BY FARMAX CO. LTD. FOR $3.3 MILLION OR $713.05 PER SQUARE METRE. IT IS FOR PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL USES.