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MONDAY, APRIL 1, 1985

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MORE 1984 ANNUAL DIGEST COPIES ON SALE

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MORE COPIES OF THE 1984 EDITION OF THE ANNUAL DIGEST OF STATISTICS HAVE BEEN PRINTED TO COPE WITH DEMAND, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.

THE FIRST PRINT, PUT OUT IN JANUARY, HAD ALL BEEN SOLD BY THE END OF LAST MONTH, HE SAID.

THE NEW PRINT IS NOW AVAILABLE, ALSO AT $90, AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GPO BUILDING, GROUND FLOOR, CONNAUGHT PLACE, HONG KONG.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT PERSONS WHO HAD PLACED SUBSCRIPTION ORDERS WOULD BE RECEIVING THEIR COPIES WITHIN THIS WEEK.

THE ANNUAL DIGEST OF STATISTICS IS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE SOURCE OF OFFICIAL STATISTICS, AND BRINGS TOGETHER IN ONE VOLUME THE LATEST STATISTICAL INFORMATION ON THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG.

INCLUDED IN ITS COVERAGE ARE STATISTICS ON POPULATION, LABOUR, INDUSTRY, TRADE, NATIONAL INCOME, PUBLIC FINANCE, MONEY AND BANKING, CONSUMER PRICES, FOOD SUPPLIES, TRANSPORT, COMMUNICATIONS, TOURISM, CONSTRUCTION, HOUSING, EDUCATION, MEDICAL AND HEALTH, SOCIAL WELFARE, AND LAW AND ORDER.

THE DIGEST CONTAINS 280 TABLES, AND COVERS POSSIBLE THE TEN-YEAR PERIOD FROM 1974 TO 1983.

WHEREVER

URBAN COUNCIL NAMES SELECT COMMITTEE HEADS

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THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF FIVE URBAN COUNCIL SELECT COMMITTEES CHANGED HANDS TODAY, WITH MRS ELSIE ELLIOTT TAKING OVER LEADERSHIP OF THE MARKETS AND STREET TRADERS SELECT COMMITTEE, MR EDMUND CHOW DISTRICT RELATIONS, MR WALTER SULKE FOOD HYGIENE, MR JOSEPH CHAN LIBRARIES AND MR HOWARD YOUNG RECREATION.

THE ANNUAL ELECTION FOR CHAIRMANSHIP AND VICE CHAIRMANSHIP OF ALL OF THE COUNCIL'S 13 SELECT COMMITTEES WAS HELD AT TODAY'S MEETING OF THE COUNCIL'S STANDING COMMITTEE, HELD ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE NEW FINANCIAL YEAR.

THE ELECTIONS