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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1990

BE

THE PANEL, IT SHOULD GIVEN THE COMPOSITION OF HOWEVER,

DIRECTION OF CHANGE FOR ABLE TO PROVIDE A USEFUL INDICATION OF THE

THE SHORT MAKING A QUICK ASSESSMENT OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE ECONOMY IN TERM.

IS

THE

SALE AT

CONNAUGHT DEPARTMENT 1, 12 HARBOUR

ON NOW THE SURVEY REPORT FOR DECEMBER 1989 GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, PLACE, CENTRAL, AND AT THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS PUBLICATIONS SALES COUNTER, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER ROAD, WAN CHAI, AT $2 PER COPY.

TO MADE

STATISTICS

THE

THE ABOUT ENQUIRIES

SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND DEPARTMENT ON TEL. 8234820.

TABLE 1:

ORDERS-ON-HAND IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES

ORDERS-ON-HAND

INDUSTRY

AS AT THE END OF DECEMBER 1989-

CHANGE WHEN COMPARED WITH

NOV. 89

DEC. 88

(MONTHS)

(%)

(%)

ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES

4.26

-2

WEARING APPAREL

4.64

-2

-2

TEXTILES

2.37

+3

+1

PLASTIC PRODUCTS

3.09

+20

+28

FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS

4.33

-2

~7

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC

PRODUCTS

5.07

OTHERS

4.10

སག

-2

CHANGES WITHIN +/- 0.5 %

/TABLE 2