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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1988

FS VISITS ELECTRONICS COMPANY

THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR PIERS JACOBS, TODAY VISITED THE WONG'S ELECTRONICS COMPANY LTD IN KWUN TONG.

HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR INDUSTRY, MR MICHAEL CARTLAND, AND THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF MR ANDREW LEUNG.

(WEDNESDAY)

TRADE AND

INDUSTRY,

MR JACOBS WAS BRIEFED ON THE COMPANY'S OPERATIONS BY ITS CHAIRMAN, MR WONG WHA-SAN, AND TOURED THE PLANT.

WONG'S ELECTRONICS COMPANY LTD PRODUCĖS MICROCOMPUTERS, WORK-STATIONS, MONITORS AND TERMINALS AND ELECTRONIC MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, WITH NORTH AMERICA, EUROPE AND JAPAN AS ITS MAJOR MARKETS.

THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY IS HONG KONG'S SECOND LARGEST EXPORT EARNER, ACCOUNTING FOR 21.5 PER CENT OF TOTAL VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS.

THERE WERE 1,949 ESTABLISHMENTS EMPLOYING A TOTAL OF WORKERS - OR 12 PER CENT OF HONG KONG'S TOTAL EMPLOYMENT MANUFACTURING SECTOR AS AT LAST SEPTEMBER.

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106,836 IN

THE

PSYCHOTROPIC DRUG ABUSE MEASURED AS ACCURATELY AS POSSIBLE

THE FIRST TERRITORY-WIDE SURVEY ON THE ABUSE OF PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES AMONG STUDENTS OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTES WAS CARRIED OUT IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE NEED то AVOID OBTAINING MISLEADING OR BIASED RESULTS FROM THE STUDENTS HAD ALWAYS BEEN EMPHASISED.

THIS WAS STRESSED BY THE ACTING COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR FREDERICK TONG, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN RESPONSE ΤΟ A PRESS REPORT ABOUT THE SURVEY.

THE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED BY THE NARCOTICS

GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT LAST OCTOBER.

DIVISION OF THE

"ALL THE 110,000 STUDENTS SURVEYED WERE ASKED TO COMPLETE CONFIDENTIALLY AND ANONYMOUSLY A QUESTIONNAIRE WITH 26 QUESTIONS, MR TONG SAID.

"THE STRUCTURE OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE WAS MAINLY ADAPTED FROM THE RECOMMENDATION MADE BY THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE WORLD

ORGANISATION.

HEALTH

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