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20, 1985

SIR PHILIP LEAVES HONG KONG ON RETIREMENT

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THE FORMER CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, SAID THIS (THURSDAY) EVENING THAT HE WAS LEAVING HONG KONG PEOPLE +IN THE HANDS OF A MOST EXCELLENT GOVERNMENT+.

TALKING TO REPORTERS BEFORE DEPARTING FOR HAWAII WITH LADY HADDON-CAVE FOR A HOLIDAY IN THE UNITED STATES, SIR PHILIP WISHED PEOPLE HERE THE VERY BEST OF GOOD FORTUNE IN THE FUTURE.+

ASKED ABOUT HIS MOST UNFORGETTABLE EVENT DURING HIS 23 YEARS IN HONG KONG, HE SAID: +MY MOST UNFORGETTABLE EVENT IS THE PAIN OF LEAVING.*

SEE ING SIR PHILIP AND LADY HADDON-CAVE OFF AT THE AIRPORT WERE THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE LADY YOUDE ATTORNEY GENERAL, MR MICHAEL THOMAS SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SIR S.Y. CHUNG SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, SIR ROGER LOBO THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR DAVID JEAFFRESONS THE SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INFORMATION, MR PETER TSAO AND THE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES, MISS CHEUNG MAN-YEE.

APRIL ORDERS-ON-HAND, EMPLOYMENT, PAYROLL FIGURES OUT

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THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND IN TERMS OF MONTHS IN THE 200 LARGEST FIRMS IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN APRIL 1985 WAS SIMILAR TO THAT IN THE PREVIOUS MONTH, ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY RECORDED AN INCREASE IN THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS, WHEREAS THE TEXTILES AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES SHOWED SOME DECLINE. OTHER INDUSTRIES REPORTED NO CHANGE.

EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR DECREASED, PARTICULARLY IN THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY WHERE A NUMBER OF FIRMS LAID OFF SOME WORKERS.

HOWEVER, PAYROLL AND PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN MOST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES INCREASED BECAUSE OF BONUSES AND SALARY REVISION AND, IN A FEW CASES, TERMINATION PAY TO LAID-OFF WORKERS.

IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND SERVICES SECTORS, THE LEVEL OF EMPLOYMENT REMAINED STABLE. BOTH PAYROLL AND PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR DECLINED, REPORTEDLY DUE TO THE DEPARTURE OF SOME HIGH-SALARIED STAFF AND ALSO BECAUSE BONUSES HAD BEEN PAID BY SOME FIRMS IN MARCH.

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