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IN THE SURVEY, PARTICIPATING FIRMS WERE ASKED TO INDICATE WHETHER, IN THEIR OPINION, THE GENERAL BUSINESS SITUATION AND LEVEL OF CAPACITY UTILISATION HAD IMPROVED" 'REMAINED THE SAME" OR "DETERIORATED" IN THE QUARTER JUST ENDED AS COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING QUARTER.

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FOR THE FORTHCOMING QUARTER, THEY WERE ALSO ASKED TO INDICATE WHETHER THE SITUATION IS EXPECTED TO "IMPROVE", "REMAIN THE SAME" OR "DETERIORATE",

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

THE DEPARTMENT CAUTIONED THAT, IN A SURVEY OF THIS NATURE, THE RESULTS SHOULD BE INTERPRETED WITH CARE AS IT IS DIFFICULT TO ESTABLISH PRECISELY THE EXTENT TO WHICH RESPONDENTS' PERCEPTION OF THE PAST AND THE FUTURE ACCORDS WITH THE UNDERLYING TRENDS.

COPIES OF THE REPORT, CONTAINING AN ANALYSIS OF THE SURVEY FINDINGS AND STATISTICAL TABLES, HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED то FIRMS TAKING PART IN THE SURVEY AND TO OTHER BUSINESS ORGANISATIONS.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY OBTAIN COPIES FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE. CENTRAL, AT $4.50 PER COPY.

FURTHER DETAILS OF THE

QUARTERLY BUSINE99 SURVEY MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE NATIONAL INCOME BRANCH OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON 5-8234779.

SUBMISSIONS TO SURVEY OFFICE DESTROYED

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SUBMISSIONS MADE TO THE SURVEY OFFICE IN RESPONSE TO THE PAPER "THE 1987 REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENTS IN REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT" WERE DESTROYED AT THE KENNEDY TOWN INCINERATOR TODAY (THURSDAY).

CONFIDENTIAL SUBMISSIONS IN RESPECT OF WHICH CONFIDENTIALITY WAS REQUESTED BY THE CONTRIBUTOR, CONTAINED IN 32 SEALED CARTON BOXES, WERE REMOVED FROM A SAFE ROOM AT THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, LOWER ALBERT ROAD, TO KENNEDY TOWN.

OTHER SUBMISSIONS, IN 161 CARTONS, WERE REMOVED FROM THE PUBLIC RECORDS OFFICE TO THE INCINERATOR.

THE REMOVAL

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