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HOWEVER, GIVEN THE COMPOSITION OF THE PANEL, IT SHOULD BE ABLR TO PROVIDE A USEFUL INDICATION OF THE DIRECTION OF CHANGE FOR MAKING A QUICK ASSESSMENT OF DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ECONOMY IN THE SHORT TERM.

THE SURVEY REPORT FOR JULY 1990 IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, AND AT THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES COUNTER, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER 1, 12 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI, AT $2.50 PER COPY.

THE

ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE MADE TO INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TEL. 839 3222.

TABLE 1: ORDERS-ON-HAND IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES

INDUSTRY

AS AT THE END OF JULY 1990

(MONTHS)

ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES

4.32

ORDERS-ON-HAND

CHANGE WHEN COMPARED WITH

JUNE 90

(X)

JULY 89

(x)

-1

WEARING APPAREL

4.62

TEXTILES

2.22

-5

-12

PLASTIC PRODUCTS

2.74

-12

-16

FABRICATED METAL

4.19

-10

PRODUCTS

ELECTRICAL AND

5.42

+1

+7

ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS

OTHERS

4.15

- 1

* CHANGES WITHIN +/- 0.5%

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