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OCTOBER 20, 1987
"RECENTLY, MANY YOUNG VOLUNTEERS HAD BEEN MOBILISED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES TO PAY REGULAR VISITS TO ELDERLY SINGLETONS AND THESE ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE PROMOTED BECAUSE ONLY A CARING COMMUNITY CAN PROVIDE ADEQUATE CARE IN THE HOME FOR THE OLD PEOPLE, HE SAID.
"WHILE THE GOVERNMENT AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES ARE PLAYING AN ACTIVE ROLE IN PROVIDING VARIOUS SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY TO MEET DEMANDS STEP BY STEP, COMMUNITY EDUCATION SHOULD BE PROMOTED TO DRAW PUBLIC ATTENTION TO PROVIDING CARE IN THE HOME FOR THE ELDERLY, HE ADDED.
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MR LAW COMMENDED THE WONG TAI SIN COMMUNITY FOR PROMOTING CARE AND CONCERN FOR THE OLD PEOPLE.
AUGUST ORDERS-ON-HAND
EMPLOYMENT AND PAYROLL FIGURES RELEASED
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REPORTED
IN AUGUST 1987, THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND
200 LARGEST FIRMS BY THE
IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR DECREASED SLIGHTLY COMPARED WITH JULY 1987 BUT THERE WAS A SLIGHT INCREASE
RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED AUGUST 1986, ACCORDING TO THE (TUESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
OVER TODAY
OF NUMBER OF
THE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND, MEASURED IN TERMS MONTHS, REFERS TO THE POSITION AS AT THE END OF THE REFERENCE MONTH.
THE VOLUME DROPPED SLIGHTLY
COMPARING AUGUST 1987 WITH THE SAME MONTH IN 1986, OF ORDERS IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY WHILE THAT IN MOST OTHER INDUSTRIES SURVEYED INCREASED MODERATELY.
MOST
COMPARING AUGUST 1987 WITH JULY 1987, ORDERS DECREASED IN
THE
METAL INDUSTRIES SURVEYED, PARTICULARLY IN
FABRICATED
PRODUCTS ORDERS INDUSTRY. PARTLY OFFSETTING THESE DECREASES WAS AN INCREASE IN RECORDED IN THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY.
EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR SHOWED SOME DECREASE AUGUST 1987 WHEN COMPARED WITH JULY 1987 AND AUGUST 1986.
MOST OF THE INDUSTRIES
SURVEYED, IN
IN
PARTICULAR THE PLASTIC INDUSTRIES, RECORDED PRODUCTS AND ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS
OF THE SOME DECREASES IN EMPLOYMENT COMPARED WITH JULY 1987, AS MANY
BEGAN TO LEAVE SUMMER WORKERS RECRUITED IN THE PRECEDING TWO MONTHS THE INDUSTRIES.
/COMPARED WITH
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