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TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1987

UTILISATION

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WERE ASKED ΤΟ INDICATE IN THE SURVEY, PARTICIPATING FIRMS

SITUATION AND LEVEL WHETHER, IN THEIR OPINION, THE GENERAL BUSINESS

SAME' 'REMAINED THE

OR HAD 'IMPROVED* - OF CAPACITY

WITH ENDED AS COMPARED

THE IN THE QUARTER JUST 'DETERIORATED'

ASKED PRECEDING QUARTER. FOR THE FORTHCOMING QUARTER, THEY WERE ALSO

+ * REMAIN THE SAME' TO INDICATE WHETHER THE SITUATION WOULD 'IMPROVE',

WERE TABULATED AND OF RESPONDENTS

· OR 'DETERIORATE'.

ANALYSED.

THE OPINIONS

A

BUSINESS PROBLEMS THE SURVEY REPORT CONTAINS A SECTION ON THE EXPERIENCED AND EXPECTED BY FIRMS IN DIFFERENT ECONOMIC SECTORS AND BREAKDOWN OF THE VIEWS OF FIRMS BY SIZE GROUPS.

THE DEPARTMENT CAUTIONED THAT, IN A SURVEY OF THIS NATURE,

WITH

IT CARE AS

IS DIFFICULT BE INTERPRETED RESULTS SHOULD

WHICH RESPONDENTS' PERCEPTION ESTABLISH PRECISELY THE EXTENT TO THE PAST AND THE FUTURE ACCORDS WITH THE UNDERLYING TRENDS.

COPIES OF THE REPORT, CONTAINING

FINDINGS AND TAKING PART

STATISTICAL

OF

IN THE

THE SURVEY

PUBLIC MAY

THE

ΤΟ

OF

AN ANALYSIS OF THE SURVEY

BEEN

TO DISTRIBUTED

FIRMS TABLES, HAVE

BUSINESS ORGANISATIONS. AND TO OTHER

COPIES FROM THE GOVERNMENT OBTAIN MEMBERS PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, AT $3.50

PER

COPY.

FURTHER

DETAILS

OF THE

QUARTERLY

BUSINESS

MAY SURVEY

STATISTICS

BE

OBTAINED FROM THE NATIONAL INCOME BRANCH OF THE CENSUS AND DEPARTMENT AT 5-8231779.

NEW TOWN FACILITIES FOR ELDERLY COMPARABLE WITH URBAN AREA

THE

COMMITTEE CENTRAL

FOR SERVICES ON

THE

ELDERLY

HAS

AND

TO ENCOURAGE SUGGESTED THAT THERE SHOULD BE MORE COMMUNITY EDUCATION

COMMUNITY FACILITIES ΤΟ

WHERE NEW TOWNS THE ELDERLY TO MOVE SERVICES ARE NO WORSE THAN THAT IN THE URBAN AREA.

BY

THE COMMITTEE AT ITS SECOND MEETING TODAY (TUESDAY) CHAIRED

LOLLY CHIU, THE ACTING DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MISS

THE OLDER URBAN ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT FACILITIES FOR THE ELDERLY IN AREA SHOULD BE IMPROVED.

PEOPLE "MANY ELDERLY

ARE RELUCTANT

BECAUSE OF THEIR ESTABLISHED SOCIAL TIES CHIU EXPLAINED.

IN THE

то MOVE ΤΟ

URBAN

"

NEW TOWNS AREA,'

MISS

/STATISTICS SHOW