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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1987

$25

BIDDING FOR THE 3,372-SQUARE-METRE

SITE STARTED AT MILLION. THE NEW OWNER HAS TO COMPLETE A GROSS FLOOR AREA OF NOT LESS THAN 10,116 SQUARE METRES BEFORE SEPTEMBER 30, 1991.

TODAY'S AUCTION TOOK PLACE AT THE CITY HALL THEATRE AND WAS CONDUCTED BY GOVERNMENT LAND AGENT, MR JIM HUGHES, OF THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT.

SEPTEMBER SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT,

VACANCIES AND PAYROLL STARTS

THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT HAS STARTED ΤΟ CONDUCT THE SEPTEMBER 1987 ROUND OF THE SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL IN MAJOR SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY TO COLLECT INFORMATION ON EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL IN RESPECT OF THE THIRD QUARTER OF

1987.

THIS SURVEY IS CONDUCTED QUARTERLY AND SURVEY RESULTS ARE USEFUL IN PROVIDING SHORT-TERM ECONOMIC INDICATORS AS WELL AS INFORMATION ON THE STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN THE LABOUR MARKET IN HONG

KONG.

THIS ROUND OF THE SURVEY COVERS ABOUT 88,000 ESTABLISHMENTS WHICH ARE DRAWN FROM VARIOUS SECTORS INCLUDING THE DISTRIBUTIVE TRADES SECTOR (WHOLESALE, RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS), THE SERVICES SECTOR (TRANSPORT, STORAGE AND COMMUNICATION, FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINES9 SERVICES; COMMUNITY, SOCIAL AND PERSONAL SERVICES), WITH FULL ENUMERATION OF ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR (MINING AND QUARRYING; MANUFACTURING; ELECTRICITY AND GAS).

INFORMATION ON THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES ON SEPTEMBER 30, 1987 WILL ESTABLISHMENT.

PERSONS ENGAGED AND EXISTING BE SOUGHT FROM EACH SAMPLE

SOME 10,000 ESTABLISHMENTS ARE RANDOMLY SELECTED FROM THIS SAMPLE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON PAYROLL IN FACH OF THE THREE MONTHS DURING THE REFERENCE PERIOD OF JULY-SEPTEMBER 1987.

1982),

QUESTIONNAIRES ARE BEING MAILED ΤΟ INDIVIDUAL SAMPLE ESTABLISHMENTS. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS ORDER 1982 (LEGAL NOTICE NO. 69 OF 1982, GAZETTED ON MARCH 5, ESTABLISHMENTS RECEIVING QUESTIONNAIRES ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE AND RETURN THEM TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE SPECIFIED PERIOD.

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