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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1990

COMPARING THE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION IN

THE THIRD QUARTER OF THIS

1989 WITH THAT IN THE PRECEDING QUARTER BUT BEARING IN MIND THAT

MOST MANUFACTURING FACTORS, AFFECTED IS COMPARISON INDUSTRIES SURVEYED REPORTED INCREASES IN PRODUCTION.

THE

LARGEST

BY SEASONAL

PERCENTAGE INCREASES

PER

PER

WERE RECORDED IN THE

TOBACCO (+23.4 FOLLOWING INDUSTRIES: BEVERAGE (+28.3 PER CENT); CENT); NEWSPAPER PRINTING, JOB PRINTING AND OTHER PRINTING (+20.4 CENT); AND TEXTILES (INCLUDING KNITTING) (+15.4 PER CENT).

INDUSTRIAL TIME OF

SPOKESMAN A

FOR THE CENSUS AND IN RELEASING THESE FIGURES,

THE THAT

INDEX OF EXPLAINED STATISTICS DEPARTMENT PRODUCTION IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO REFLECT THE CHANGES OVER LOCAL MANUFACTURING OUTPUT IN REAL TERMS.

OF LOCAL PRODUCTION IS MEASURED

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

Н

+

REPORT ON THE MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN THE

THIRD QUARTER" WHICH IS QUARTERLY INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION,

GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND ON SALE AT $3 A COPY AT THE

AT THE CENSUS AND FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL OR

WANCHAI STATISTICS DEPARTMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES COUNTER, 19TH FLOOR,

ALSO BE TOWER I, 12 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI. REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION MAY ARRANGED.

MAY SURVEY

BE DIRECTED TO THE AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT

FURTHER ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH SECTION OF THE CENSUS ON TEL. 8234832.

FOLLOWING

IS

A TABLE

SHOWING CHANGES INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION IN GREATER DETAIL:

IN

THE

INDEXES

OF

INDEXES OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION BY INDUSTRY GROUP

(1986=100)

INDUSTRY GROUP

INDEXES FOR

3RD QTR.

1989

PERCENTAGE CHANGE OVER

FOOD

BEVERAGE

TOBACCO

3RD QTR. 2ND QTR.

1988

1989

125

+ 2.5

+12.6

145

+ 2.8

+28.3

190

+17.3

+23.

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