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SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1985

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ON TRAFFIC CONDITIONS, 371 COMPLAINTS WERE MADE TO THE TCU IN THE QUARTER AS AGAINST 360 IN THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR. COMPARED WITH THE 246 COMPLAINTS IN THE LAST QUARTER, THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF 125 CASES.

OVER ONE-HALF OF THE COMPLAINTS (192 CASES) WERE ABOUT ROAD CONGESTION. THEY WERE RECEIVED MOSTLY FROM ROAD USERS IN KOWLOON CITY, KWUN TONG, YAU MA TEI, WAN CHAI, SHA TIN AND TSUEN WAN. THE REMAINING CASES WERE MAINLY ABOUT TRAFFIC AIDS, PEDESTRIAN AND PARKING FACILITIES.

FEWER COMPLAINTS ON TRAFFIC CONDITIONS, HOWEVER, WERE RECEIVED IN THE LAST MONTH OF THE QUARTER. BETWEEN MAY AND JUNE 1985, THE NUMBER FELL FROM 159 TO 95, A DROP OF 64 CASES. THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS IN JUNE ALSO SHOWED A DROP OF 50 CASES WHEN COMPARED WITH THE 145 COMPLAINTS IN THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.

THE MAJOR DECREASE WAS IN COMPLAINTS ABOUT ROAD CONGESTION AND COMPLAINTS CONCERNING PARKING FACILITIES, BOTH CATEGORIES OF COMPLAINTS WENT DOWN BY OVER 40 PER CENT BETWEEN MAY AND JUNE 1985 THE FORMER DROPPED FROM 83 CASES TO 47 AND THE LATTER FROM 34 CASES TO 19.

1983 INDUSTRIAL SURVEY REPORT OUT ****

A REPORT CONTAINING STATISTICS SHOWING THE STRUCTURAL AND OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS OF VARIOUS INDUSTRIES HAS JUST BEEN PUBLISHED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THE 1983 SURVEY OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION+ REPORT PRESENTS THE MAJOR FINDINGS FROM A SURVEY CONDUCTED FROM APRIL 1984 TO EARLY THIS YEAR.

THE SURVEY COVERED ESSENTIALLY THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR. ESTABLISHMENTS ENGAGED IN MINING AND QUARRYING, AND IN THE SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY AND GAS AND WATER WERE ALSO INCLUDED.

PREVIOUS PUBLICATIONS IN THE SAME SERIES INCLUDE THE REPORT ON THE SURVEY OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION FOR 1973 AND REPORTS ON ANNUAL SURVEYS FROM 1976 TO 1982.

BESIDES BEING USED BY THE GOVERNMENT FOR POLICY MAKING, THE STATISTICS ARE USED BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR FOR DECISION-MAKING, ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND MARKET RESEARCH.

THEY CAN ALSO BE USED FOR ASSESSING INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE IDENTIFYING STRUCTURAL CHANGES AND DRAWING INTER-INDUSTRY COMPARISONS.

THE REPORT IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, AND THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES COUNTER, KAI TAK COMMERCIAL BUILDING, AT $9 PER COPY.

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