FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1987
THEY WERE THE ABSENCE OF ANY EXCHANGE
CONTROLS, HONG KONO'B TIME ZONE LOCATION, THE AVAILABILITY OF ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS, A LARGE EXTERNAL TRADE VOLUME RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE DEMAND AND SUPPLY OF FOREIGN CURRENCIES, AND THE PRESENCE OF A VERT LARGE NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL BANKS EXPERIENCED IN FOREIGN EXCHANGE OPERATIONS.
TURNING TO THE GOLD MARKET, MR NENDICK SAID THAT IN TERM9 OF
TRADING VOLUME, IT WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD.
AND IN THE FUTURBA MARKETS, THE HANG SENG INDEX WAS BY FAR THE MOST DOMINANT; BOYA BEAN AND BUGAR WERE REASONABLY ACTIVE BUT HAD LITTLE ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCÊ FOR HONG KONG.
SEPTEMBER ORDERS--ON-HAND, EMPLOYMENT, PAYROLL FIGURES RELEASED
IN SEPTEMBER 1987, THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND REPORTED BY THE 200 LARGEST FIRMS IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR REMAINED AT ABOUT THE SAME LEVEL A9 IN AUGUST 1987 BUT INCREASED SLIGHTLY OVER SEPTEMBER 1986, ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF A BURVEY RELEASED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND, MEASURED IN TERMS OF NUMBER OF MONTHS, REFERS TO THE POSITION AS AT THE END OF the refERENCE MONTH.
COMPARING SEPTEMBER 1987 WITH THE ЗАМЕ MONTH IN 1986, THE VOLUME OF ORDERS INCREASED IN THE WEARING APPAREL, PLASTIC PRODUCTS, AND ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES, WHILE THAT IN THE TEXTILES AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE.
WHEN COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1987, THE ORDERS POSITION IN SEPTEMBER 1987 DROPPED IN THE WEARING APPAREL, TEXTILKO AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES. ON THE OTHER HAND, AN IMPROVED ORDERS POSITION WAS RECORDED IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.
EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR SHOWED SOME DECREASES IN SEPTEMBER 1987 WHEN COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1987 AND SEPTEMBER 1986.
COMPARING SEPTEMBER 1987 WITH AUGUST 1987, EMPLOYMENT IN THE WEARING APPAREL, PLASTIC PRODUCTS, AND ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY, MAINLY BECAUSE SUMMER WORKERS HAD LEFT THE INDUSTRIES.
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