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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1984

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IN TERMS OF INCOME AND RECEIPTS, +LAND FREIGHT TRANSPORT+ THIS HAD THE MOST SIGNIFICANT GROWTH (28 PER CENT) OVER 1981. MAJOR GROUP ALSO HAD THE HIGHEST INCREASE IN OPERATING EXPENSES (46 PER CENT).

ON GROSS ADDITIONS TO FIXED ASSETS, LARGE INCREASES WERE FOUND IN INLAND WATER TRANSPORT+ (68 PER CENT) AND +LAND PASSENGER TRANSPORT+ (65 PER CENT). AN INCREASE OF 10 PER CENT WAS ALSO REGISTERED IN +LAND FREIGHT TRANSPORT+, ALL OTHER MAJOR GROUPS SHOWED DECLINES WHEN COMPARED TO 1981.

FIELD WORK FOR THE 1982 SURVEY WAS UNDERTAKEN BY THE

DEPARTMENT BETWEEN MAY 1983 AND JANUARY 1984.

THE SURVEY WAS ONE IN A SERIES OF ANNUAL SURVEYS CONDUCTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASCERTAINING THE STRUCTURE AND OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TRANSPORT SECTOR AND UPDATING ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT OF HONG KONG.

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DATA COLLECTED IN THE SURVEY INCLUDED TYPE OF OWNERSHIP NUMBER OF PERSONS ENGAGED, COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES, OPERATING EXPENSES, BUSINESS RECEIPTS AND OTHER INCOME, AND CAPITAL EXPENDITURE.

A TABLE COMPARING THE PRINCIPAL STATISTICS BY MAJOR TRANSPORT GROUP BETWEEN 1981 AND 1982 WILL BE ISSUED BY FACSIMILE AND BOXED FOR COLLECTION.

THE DEPARTMENT IS NOW IN THE PROCESS OF PREPARING A REPORT ON THE 1982 SURVEY, WHICH WILL CONTAIN A MORE DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE RESULTS BY MAJOR TRANSPORT GROUP AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE SURVEY METHODOLOGY.

ENQUIRIES ON THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE TRANSPORT AND SERVICES STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT AT TELEPHONE 3-661045.

EXPERTS TO CONDUCT JOURNAL ISM COURSES

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TWO OVERSEAS EXPERTS IN COMMUNICATION WILL BE BROUGHT IN FOR THE FIRST TIME BY THE JOURNALISM TRAINING BOARD OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL (VTC) TO CONDUCT COURSES HERE.

THE TWO CANADIAN EXPERTS, PROFESSORS LINDSAY CRYSLER AND GRAEME DECARIE OF CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY, WILL CONDUCT A THREE-WEEK +JOURNALISM WORKSHOP AND SEMINARS+ FROM JULY 23 TO AUGUST 10 AT THE COUNCIL'S OFFICE IN WAN CHAI.

+WE ARE INVITING WORKING JOURNALISTS TO ENROL IN THIS INTENSIVE TRAINING PROGRAMME,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRAINING BOARD SAID.

/HE SAID