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THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1984

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THE BALANCE OF OPINIONS OF RESPONDENTS WERE TABULATED AND ANALYSED.

THE SURVEY REPORT ALSO CONTAINS A SECTION ON BUSINESS PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED AND EXPECTED BY FIRMS IN DIFFERENT ECONOMIC SECTORS AND A BREAKDOWN OF VIEWS OF FIRMS BY SIZE GROUPS.

THE DEPARTMENT CAUTIONED THAT FOR A SURVEY OF THIS NATURE THE RESULTS SHOULD BE INTERPRETED WITH CARE AS IT WAS DIFFICULT TO ESTABLISH PRECISELY THE EXTENT TO WHICH RESPONDENTS' PERCEPTION OF THE PAST AND THE FUTURE ACCORDS WITH THE UNDERLYING TRENDS.

COPIES OF THE REPORT, CONTAINING AN ANALYSIS OF THE SURVEY FINDINGS AND STATISTICAL TABLES, HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO FIRMS TAKING PART IN THE SURVEY AND TO OTHER BUSINESS ORGANISATIONS. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY OBTAIN COPIES FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, AT $3 PER

COPY.

FURTHER DETAILS ON THE QUARTERLY BUSINESS SURVEY MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DEPARTMENT'S NATIONAL INCOME BRANCH AT 5-423401.

JING YING PERFORMANCES HIGHLY RATED

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FIFTEEN YOUNG MUSICIANS AND DANCERS OF THE HONG KONG JING YING HAVE EARNED HIGH PRAISE FOR THE IR CURRENT PERFORMANCES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

THE GROUP, COMPRISING SEVEN MUSICIANS, EIGHT DANCERS AND FOUR OFFICIALS, LEFT ON AUGUST 1 TO REPRESENT THE TERRITORY AT INTERNATIONAL FOLKLORE FESTIVALS IN SIDMOUTH, BILLINGHAM AND MAIDSTONE.

THEY HAVE SO FAR COMPLETED TWO-THIRDS OF THEIR MONTH-LONG ITINERARY AND ARE DUE TO RETURN NEXT WEDNESDAY (AUGUST 29).

AN OFFICIAL OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE IN LONDON SAID, +THE MEMBERS ARE RATHER EXHAUSTED BUT THE IR SPIRITS ARE HIGH. HONG KONG SHOULD BE PROUD OF THEM. +

NEWSPAPERS COVERING THE FOLKLORE FESTIVALS ALSO GAVE PROMINENT HEADLINES SUCH AS: +CHINESE STEAL FESTIVAL HEARTS+, +JING YING THE VERY BEST IN FOLK+ AND +CHINESE LION STEALS THE SHOW+.

THE DIRECTOR OF THE SIDMOUTH FOLKLORE FESTIVAL, MR JOHN DOWELL, DESCRIBED THE PERFORMANCES OF THE HONG KONG JING YING AS +ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT+.

MEMBERS OF THE TEAM, ALL SELECTED BY THE RECREATION AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT, ARE PERFORMING AT MAIDSTONE THIS WEEK - THE LAST STOP OF THE IR U.K. TOUR - AND THE LONDON COMMISSIONER OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE, SIR JACK CATER, AND LADY CATER WILL ATTEND ONE OF THEIR SHOWS.

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