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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1987

DECREASE OF 20.2 PHENOMENON.

COMPARED WITH THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1986,

PER 12.2 OR POINTS

CENT.

INDEX THE THIS WAS A

SHOWED A SEASONAL

CENT),

PAPER

AND

PRODUCTION OVER THE INDUSTRIES WITH THE LARGEST INCREASES IN

PER (+59.1 FIRST QUARTER OF 1986 WERE RUBBER PRODUCTS

NON-ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND PAPER PRODUCTS

PER CENT), (+58.7 PER

CENT), CONSUMER ELECTRICAL (+41 PER CENT), TEXTILES (+39.2 PER ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS (+37.5 PER CENT) AND TOBACCO (+35.4 PER CENT). THE OTHER HAND, THE TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT INDUSTRY REPORTED A DECLINE IN PRODUCTION OVER THE SAME PERIOD (-16.6 PER CENT).

ON

IN

QUARTER OF 1987 COMPARING INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION IN THE FIRST WITH THAT IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1986, INDUSTRIES WITH INCREASES

PER (+12.1 PRODUCTS

CENT), TRANSPORT PRODUCTION

RUBBER INCLUDED

CENT) EQUIPMENT (+11.7 PER CENT), PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS (+10.9 PER AND TOBACCO (+9.8 PER CENT).

MOSTLY DUE TO SEASONAL SIGNIFICANT DECLINES IN

OF

1986.

INFLUENCES, PRODUCTION WHEN

THEY

INCLUDED

MANY INDUSTRIES COMPARED FABRICATED

RECORDED

THE WITH

FOURTH METAL PRODUCT'S (-22.9 PER CENT),

QUARTER (-25.7 PER CENT), CHEMICALS AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTS PLASTIC PRODUCTS (-20.9 PER CNET) AND TEXTILES (-20.8 PER CENT),

IN RELEASING THESE FIGURES,

CENSUS AND

SPOKESMAN A

THE FOR

OF INDUSTRIAL THE INDEX EXPLAINED THAT STATISTICS DEPARTMENT

TRENDS OF PRODUCTION IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO REFLECT THE LEVELS AND

IS VOLUME OF PRODUCTION OUTPUT IN REAL TERMS. IN OTHER WORDS, MEASURED AFTER REMOVING THE EFFECT OF PRICE CHANGES.

THE

"REPORT ON THE

MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN THE QUARTERLY INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, FIRST QUARTER 1987".

CAN BE OBTAINED CENTRE AT THE GENERAL POST

OR AT THE

19/F.. COUNTER,

THIS PUBLICATION IS ON SALE AT $3 A COPY AND FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE DEPARTMENT PUBLICATION SALES HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI. REGULAR WITH THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION SALES CENTRE.

SUBSCRIPTION

1.

CENSUS AND STATISTICS

HANCHAI TOWER MAY ALSO BE ARRANGED

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FURTHER ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH SECTION OF THE CENSUS AT TELEPHONE NUMBER 5-8234832.

SURVEY MAY

AND

BE DIRECTED то THE STATISTICS DEPARTMENT

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