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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1985
DR OBASI AND MR RAJENDRAM ARE ON THEIR WAY TO CHINA.
HONG KONG HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE WMO, A SPECIALISED AGENCY OF THE UNITED NATIONS, SINCE 1948. IT HAS, THROUGH THE YEARS, ACTIVELY TAKEN PART IN VARIOUS WMO PROGRAMMES ON AERONAUTICAL METEOROLOGY, MARINE METEOROLOGY, HYDROMETEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY, AS WELL AS IN THE RELATED AREAS OF TELECOMMUNICATION, TYPHOON WARNING SERVICES AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION RESEARCH.
CHINESE GROUP VISITS SHA TIN
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SIXTY MEMBERS OF VARIOUS ORGANISATIONS FROM 14 CHINESE COASTAL CITIES TODAY (TUESDAY) VISITED SHA TIN NEW TOWN TO SEE DEVELOPMENTS THERE.
THEY ARE IN HONG KONG ON A TRAINING COURSE ON FOREIGN ECONOMIC AND TRADE MATTERS.
ON ARRIVAL FIRST AT THE LION PAVILION FOR A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE NEW TOWN, THEY WERE MET BY THE ACTING PROJECT MANAGER OF SHA TIN, MR KEITH AUSTIN, AND WERE BRIEFED ON THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA.
AFTERWARDS, THEY WERE TAKEN ON A TOUR OF FO TAN INDUSTRIAL AREA AND SHA TIN TOWN CENTRE, TO SEE THE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS THERE.
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INDEX EXPLAINED
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A SPECIAL REVIEW ARTICLE ENTITLED, INTRODUCING THE QUARTERLY INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION+ APPEARS IN THE NOVEMBER 1984 ISSUE OF THE HONG KONG MONTHLY DIGEST OF STATISTICS, NOW ON SALE.
THE ARTICLE DESCRIBES THE CONCEPTUAL BACKGROUND OF THE INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION IN HONG KONG, THE METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION, THE PRINCIPLES OF INDEX COMPUTATION, AND THE MAJOR FEATURES OF THE DATA FROM THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1982 TO THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1984.
SINCE 1977. THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN PUBLISHING QUARTERLY INDEXES OF TEXTILE PRODUCTION, COVERING ONLY THE SPINNING AND WEAVING INDUSTRIES BASED ON THE QUARTERLY TEXTILE PRODUCTION SURVEY. A REPORT ON TEXTILE PRODUCTION STATISTICS IS ISSUED QUARTERLY.
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