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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1988

AT PRESENT, THERE ARE ABOUT 27,000 PEOPLE LIVING IN THE HOUSING ESTATES, HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME, TEMPORARY HOUSING RENNIE'S MILL AND THE SIX VILLAGES IN THE NEARBY AREA.

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MANY COMMUNITY FACILITIES HAVE ALREADY BEEN STARTED TO THE RESIDENTS. THESE INCLUDE THE TSUI LAM COMMUNITY HALL, NEIGHBOURHOOD OFFICE, NURSERIES, CHILDREN AND YOUTH CENTRES, SOCIAL CENTRE, COMMUNITY NURSING CENTRE AND PRIVATE DOCTORS' CLINICS.

"WE EXPECT THAT MORE COMMUNITY FACILITIES WILL BE COMPLETED THE COMING MONTHS, MISS CHING ADDED.

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"WITH MORE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION BY NEW TOWN RESIDENTS AND WITH THE UNFAILING EFFORTS MADE BY VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS IN DEVELOPING THE AREA, I BELIEVE JUNK BAY NEW TOWN WILL BECOME AN IDEAL PLACE TO LIVE IN, SHE SAID.

INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION FOR SECOND QUARTER OF 1988

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THE INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1988, AT 121, WAS 4 POINTS OR 3.4 PER CENT ABOVE THAT FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1987, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS & STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

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THIS COMPARES WITH THE YEAR-ON-YEAR GROWTH RATES OF 6 PER IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1988, 9 PER CENT IN THE FOURTH QUARTERS OF 1987 AND AN AVERAGE OF 19 PER CENT IN THE FIRST THREE QUARTER OF 1987. THUS, A SLOWDOWN IN THE GROWTH RATE OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION UP TO THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1988 IS APPARENT.

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COMPARED WITH THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1988, THE INDEX SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 16 POINTS OR 15.2 PER CENT.

THIS INCREASE WAS MAINLY DUE TO THE LARGER NUMBER OF WORKING DAYS IN THE SECOND QUARTER OVER THE FIRST QUARTER WHEN MOST OF THE MANUFACTURING WORKERS HAD THEIR LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS.

THE BASE OF THE INDEX IS THE YEAR 1986. IN OTHER WORDS, THE INDEX WAS 100 IN 1986.

/INDUSTRIES SHOWING

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