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TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1987

SERVICES

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BANKS

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5 428

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HOTELS

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PUBLIC

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UTILITIES

OTHERS

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* CHANGES WITHIN + 0.5 PER CENT

** PERSONS ENGAGED COVER COMPANY EMPLOYEES ONLY: SITE WORKERS

EMPLOYED BY LABOUR-ONLY SUB-CONTRACTORS NOT INCLUDED.

NOTE:

UNLIKE +ORDERS-ON-HAND+ AND PER CAPITA EARNINGS WHICH ARE AVERAGE FIGURES THE TOTAL NO. OF PERSONS ENGAGED BY THE FIRMS SURVEYED IS NOT MEANINGFUL INFORMATION ON ITS OWN BECAUSE THIS IS A PANEL SURVEY AND IS THEREFORE NOT SHOWN.

CHE KUNG TEMPLE TO BE REDEVELOPED

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CHE KUNG TEMPLE IN SHA TIN, BUILT 300 YEARS AGO, WILL REDEVELOPED NEXT YEAR TO PROVIDE MORE SPACE AND FACILITIES BE FOR WORSHIPPERS.

THE REDEVELOPMENT, COSTING ABOUT $15 MILLION, WILL TREBLE THE TEMPLE'S SIZE BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW HALL, COURTYARD AND LANDSCAPED POOL.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CHINESE TEMPLES COMMITTEE SAID THAT WITH ABOUT 200 000 PEOPLE VISITING THE TEMPLE YEARLY IT CAN NO LONGER ADEQUATELY COPE WITH THE DEMAND.

*THIS IS ESPECIALLY SO DURING LUNAR NEW YEAR WHEN ABOUT 130 000 PEOPLE VISIT THE TEMPLE CAUSING CROWD CONTROL PROBLEMS,+ HE SAID.

/THE COMMITTEE