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TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1988

"TO EASE THE CLASSIFICATION PROCESS, APPLICANTS TO SUPPORT THEIR LICENCE APPLICATIONS FOR STRATEGIC APPLICATIONS WHICH MAY REQUIRE CLASSIFICATION), WITH A PHOTOCOPY OF A PREVIOUS LICENCE WHICH SHOWS THAT UNDER APPLICATIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN CLASSIFIED AS

'NON-STRATEGIC'.

ARE REQUESTED COMMODITIES (OR WHEREVER POSSIBLE, THE PRODUCTS 'STRATEGIC' OR

TRADE OCEAN CENTRE IN

"DETAILS ARE SET OUT IN A CIRCULAR MADE AVAILABLE AT THE DEPARTMENT'S ENQUIRY COUNTER ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF CANTON ROAD, KOWLOON," MR LAI ADDED.

FROM STRATEGIC FIVE MONTHS OVER THE

FOR OTHER NON-TEXTILES PRODUCTS {APART COMMODITIES), 352,211 LICENCES WERE ISSUED IN THE FIRST OF THIS YEAR, WHICH REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF 26.5 PER CENT CORRESPONDING PERIOD OF LAST YEAR.

WORKLOAD

THE

MR LAI SAID THAT TO COPE WITH THE INCREASING DEPARTMENT HAS TAKEN MEASURES SUCH AS OVERTIME STAFF AND TWO ADDITIONAL COUNTERS FOR LICENCE APPLICATIONS.

WORK, ADDITIONAL

MARCH EMPLC MENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL STATISTICS RELEASED

THERE WERE 849,100 PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN MARCH 1988, REPRESENTING A DECREASE OF 1.8 PER CENT IN COMPARISON WITH MARCH 1987, ACCORDING TO FIGURES RELEASED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE CENAUR AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

EMPLOYMENT IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR, AT 673,300 IN MARCH 1988, WAS 8.6 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN MARCH 1987.

EMPLOYMENT IN THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR, AT 213,900, WAS UP BY 8.4 PER CENT.

EMPLOYMENT ON BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES INCREASED BY

3.3 PER CENT COMPARED WITH MARCH 1987.

A DEPARTMENTAL SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE STATISTICS FOR SELECTED MAJOR SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY IN MARCH 1988 WERE DERIVED FROM THE QUARTERLY SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL CONDUCTED BY

THE DEPARTMENT.

THESE SECTORS