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FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1989

COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING INDEXES FOR 1987, MOST INDUSTRIES SHOWED SOME INCREASES IN PRODUCTION, WITH PARTICULARLY LARGE INCREASES RECORDED IN THE FOLLOWING INDUSTRIES : TOBACCO (+23.7 PER CENT}; PROFESSIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT, PHOTOGRAPHIC AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+23.5 PER CENT); MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL 1+22.7 PER CENT); PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS [+21.2 PER (+20.3 CENT); AND NEWSPAPER PRINTING, JOB PRINTING AND OTHER PRINTING PER CENT).

ON THE OTHER HAND, THE FOLLOWING INDUSTRIES RECORDED SOME DECREASES IN PRODUCTION: WOOD AND CORK PRODUCTS, AND FURNITURE AND FIXTURES (EXCEPT PRIMARILY OF METAL) (-11.2 PER CENT); RUBBER PRODUCTS (-8.3 PER CENT); PLASTIC PRODUCTS (-4.7 PER CENT); TEXTILES (INCLUDING KNITTING) (-2.6 PER CENT); AND WEARING APPAREL, EXCEPT KNITWEAR AND FOOTWEAR { 0.9 PER CENT).

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IN RELEASING THESE FIGURES, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT EXPLAINED THAT THE INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL

IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO REFLECT THE CHANGES OVER TIME PRODUCTION LOCAL MANUFACTURING OUTPUT IN REAL TERMS.

OF

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

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

GENERAL

MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN THE "REPORT ON THE IS QUARTERLY INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, 4TH QUARTER 1988", WHICH ON SALE AT $3 A COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE OR AT THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS

PUBLICATION DEPARTMENT

SALES COUNTER, 19TH FLOOR,

TOWER I, 12 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI.

WANCHAI

REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION

MAY ALSO BE ARRANGED.

FURTHER

ENQUIRIES ABOUT

THE SURVEY MAY BE

то DIRECTED

THE

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT AT TELEPHONE NUMBER 5-8234832.

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