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MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1987

*WE MAINTAIN AN ENVIRONMENT WITHIN WHICH OUR INDUSTRIES HAVE PROSPERED. I AM CONFIDENT THAT THE EQUIPMENT LEASING INDUSTRY WILL ALSO BENEFIT GREATLY BY OPERATING IN IT, HE STATED.

ON EXTERNAL CONDITIONS, HE POINTED OUT THAT THE PACIFIC BASIN IS WIDELY ACCEPTED AS THE GROWTH AREA OF THE WORLD FOR THE 1980'S.

CONDUCTED ON AN INTERNATIONAL SCALE, THE ACTIVITY OF THE LEASING INDUSTRY CAN OBVIOUSLY FACILITATE AND SPEED UP THE INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY, PROVIDING A FURTHER CATALYSTIC EFFECT ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE REGION AS A WHOLE, MR BREMRIDGE SAID.

HONG KONG'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE MODERNISATION OF CHINA IS ALSO A MOST PROMISING FACTOR FOR THE EQUIPMENT LEASING INDUSTRY WHICH CAN MAKE SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTION IN THIS AREA, BACKED UP EY THE +VERY SOPHISTICATED FINANCIAL SECTOR+, HE SAID.

TWO-VOLUME 1981 POPULATION CENSUS MAIN REPORT ON SALE ******

THE TWO-VOLUME MAIN REPORT ON THE 1981 POPULATION CENSUS, PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION, IS NOW ON SALE.

THE REPORT IS AIMED AT THE GENERAL READER AND MARKS THE FINAL PHASE OF THE CENSUS PUBLICATIONS PROGRAMME.

IT IS ON SALE AT A COST OF $101 FOR VOLUME 1 AND $106 FOR VOLUME 2 IN THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL.

IN THE REPORT, CENSUS DATA ARE ANALYSED THROUGH COMPARISON WITH EARLIER CENSUSES, AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CHANGES IS GIVEN.

SUCH TOPICS AS FERTILITY AND MORTALITY, HOUSING, HOUSEHOLDS, EDUCATION, LABOUR FORCE, INCOME, INTERNAL MOVEMENT AND THE POPULATION OF THE NEW TOWNS ARE CONSIDERED IN DETAIL.

THE 1981 CENSUS REPORT DIFFERS FROM PREVIOUS CENSUS REPORTS IN THAT AN ATTEMPT HAS BEEN MADE TO ILLUSTRATE HOW STATISTICAL DATA ARE USED IN PLANNING.

+THE PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT IS TO PRESENT AN ANALYSIS OF THE CENSUS RESULTS IN A WAY THAT ALSO DEMONSTRATES THAT STATISTICS ARE USEFUL AND NECESSARY FOR EVALUATING AND MONITORING PAST PROGRAMMES, AND FOR PLANNING AHEAD, THE COMMISSIONER FOR CENSUS AND STATISTICS SAID.

THE PORT

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