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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1988

IN THE TOBACCO

INDUSTRIES SHOWING THE LARGEST INCREASES IN PRODUCTION SECOND QUARTER OF 1988 OVER THE SAME QUARTER OF 1987 WERE: (+42.5 PER CENT); MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL (+26.1 PER CENT); NEWSPAPER PRINTING, JOB PRINTING AND OTHER PRINTING (+24.5 PER CENT); PER ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PARTS, ACCESSORIES AND MACHINERY (+21.5 CENT); AND PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS (+20.3 PER CENT).

THE FOLLOWING INDUSTRIES REPORTED A DECREASE IN PRODUCTION COMPARED WITH THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1987: RUBBER PRODUCTS (-22.6 PER CENT); WOOD AND CORK PRODUCTS, AND FURNITURE AND FIXTURES (EXCEPT PRIMARILY OF METAL) (-11.3 PER CENT); WEARING APPAREL EXCEPT KNITWEAR AND FOOTWEAR (-7.8 PER CENT); LEATHER PRODUCTS AND FOOTWEAR (EXCEPT RUBBER, PLASTIC AND WOODEN FOOTWEAR) (-7.1 PER CENT); TEXTILES (INCLUDING KNITTING) (-7.0 PER CENT); AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS (-4.6 PER CENT).

COMPARING THE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1988 WITH THAT IN THE PRECEDING QUARTER BUT BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON IS INFLUENCED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, MOST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED REPORTED INCREASES IN PRODUCTION,

THE MORE SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE FOLLOWING INDUSTRIES: PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS (+42.6 PER CENT); BEVERAGE (+35.6 PER CENT); BASIC METALS (+30.0 PER CENT); PROFESSIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT, PHOTOGRAPHIC AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+30.0 PER CENT); FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS, EXCEPT MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT (+22.1 PER CENT); AND TEXTILES (INCLUDING KNITTING) (+21.6 PER CENT).

CENSUS AND

IN RELEASING THESE FIGURES, A POKESMAN FOR THE STATISTICS DEPARTMENT EXPLAINED THA THE INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO REFLECT THE LEVELS AND TRENDS OF LOCAL MANUFACTURING OUTPUT IN REAL TERMS.

IN OTHER WORDS, THE VOLUME OF PRODUCTION IS MEASURED AFTER DISCOUNTING THE EFFECT OF PRICE CHANGES.

A TABLE SHOWING CHANGES IN THE PRODUCTION IN GREATER DETAIL IS ATTACHED.

INDEXES OF INDUSTRIAL

MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN THE "REPORT ON THE QUARTERLY INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, 2ND QUARTER 1988", WHICH IS ON SALE AT $3 A COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE OR AT THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES COUNTER, 19/F., HANCHAI TOWER 1, 12 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI. REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION MAY ALSO BE ARRANGED.

BE DIRECTED ΤΟ THE AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT

FURTHER ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY MAY INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH SECTION OF THE CENSUS AT TELEPHONE NUMBER 5-8234832.

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