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WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1986

BOARD MEMBERS WILL ALSO DISCUSS A PROPOSAL THAT PUBLIC STREET LIGHTS INSTALLED IN SQUATTER AREAS BY DISTRICT BOARD BE TAKEN OVER BY THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT FOR MAINTENANCE AND PAYMENT OF ELECTRICITY CHARGES.

VIEWS OF MEMBERS WILL ALSO BE SOUGHT ON ADDITIONAL STREET LIGHTING INSTALLATIONS IN SQUATTER AREAS UNDER THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT'S SQUATTER AREA IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME.

OTHER ITEMS ON THE AGENDA INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TWIN 2 000-METRE-LONG SEWAGE SUBMARINE OUTFALL IN TO KWA WAN TO MEET ADDITIONAL POPULATION IN THE WHAMPOA REDEVELOPMENT AREA AND HUNG HOM BAY RECLAMATION.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT BOARD ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AT 2.15 PM TOMORROW IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE DISTRICT OFF ICE AT 141 KAU PUT LUNG ROAD, TO KWA WAN.

SPECIAL FOCUS ON ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS, INDUSTRY

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A SPECIAL REVIEW, ENTITLED +STUDY OF THE STATISTICAL

CLASSIFICATION OF ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS AND THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY+ IS INCLUDED IN THE MARCH ISSUE OF THE HONG KONG MONTHLY DIGEST OF STATISTICS.

THE ARTICLE DESCRIBES THE NEED FOR A STUDY ON THE CLASSIFICATION OF ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS AND THE ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES, THE PRACTICAL DIFFICULTIES INVOLVED, AND THE CLASSIFICATION PRINCIPLES THAT WERE EVOLVED AFTER CAREFUL DELIBERATION AND CONSULTATION AMONG PARTIES CONCERNED.

THE RESULTING LISTS OF PRODUCTS AND CONSTITUENT INDUSTRIES THAT ARE NOW COLLECTIVELY CALLED ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS AND THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY RESPECTIVELY ARE ALSO PRESENTED.

PRIOR TO THE STUDY, DIFFERENT SETS OF FIGURES ON ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS AND THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY WERE QUOTED BY DIFFERENT PARTIES. NOW, WITH A COMMONLY ACCEPTED CLASSIFICATION AS DESCRIBED IN THE ARTICLE, VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND ORGANISATIONS MAY REFER TO A CONSISTENT SET OF STATISTICS FOR PURPOSES OF RESEARCH AND MONITORING DEVELOPMENTS IN THAT AREA.

/THE ARTICLE