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AND

"DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN RECENT YEARS MODERN, WELL-EQUIPPED HOUSING BLOCKS, PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS, FOUNTAINS, SHOPPING CENTRES AND CULTURAL FACILITIES ARE NOW PART OF EVERY DAY LIFE IN HONG KONG.'

"

SIR DAVID SAID THESE IMPROVEMENTS WERE ATTRIBUTABLE TO BOTH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND THE URBAN COUNCIL WHICH HAD WORKED TO MAKE THE CITY A MUCH MORE ATTRACTIVE PLACE IN WHICH TO LIVE AND WORK.

WELCOMING THE GOVERNOR, THE CHAIRMAN OF HOUSING AUTHORITY, DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID THE NEW BUILDING HAD ENABLED THE AUTHORITY REHOUSE ITS HEADQUARTERS SECTIONS UNDER ONE ROOF.

SIR

TO

AND OF

THE LARGE INCREASE IN THE AUTHORITY'S HOUSING STOCK COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OVER THE YEARS HAD LED TO NECESSARY EXPANSION STAFF AND OFFICES HAD TO BE FOUND IN OTHER PREMISES, SIR DAVID SAID.

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"THE ANNUAL HOUSING PRODUCTION WAS ABOUT 12 000 FLATS WHEN THE FORMER HOUSING AUTHORITY HEADQUARTERS BUILDING WAS COMPLETED IN 1976; THIS YEAR OUR PRODUCTION WILL BE OVER 50 000 FLATS, HE SAID.

"FORTUNATELY, WE FOUND A HELPFUL PARTNER IN THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THIS BUILDING IS THE RESULT.

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SURVEY OF HK'S MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES PUBLISHED

KONG'S

ENVIRONMENT

HONG BY

OVER HALF (53.1 PER

MANUFACTURERS CENT) OF HONG

IN INVESTMENT MANUFACTURING CONSIDER THE OVERALL KONG FAVOURABLE, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST SAMPLE SURVEY CARRIED OUT THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT.

INDUSTRIES 1990" IS THE "SURVEY OF HONG KONG'S MANUFACTURING THE SECOND OF ITS KIND TO BE CARRIED OUT BY THE DEPARTMENT'S DATA SERVICES DIVISION.

AND

IT COVERED 2,967 CONDUCTED BETWEEN JUNE AND AUGUST THIS YEAR,

CLOTHING, 14

MANUFACTURING SELECTED

INDUSTRIES: ESTABLISHMENTS IN

JEWELLERY, ELECTRONICS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS, TEXTILES, PLASTICS, TOYS,

PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS, METAL PRODUCTS, HOUSEHOLD ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES, OPTICAL GOODS, PRINTING, INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY, AND FOOD AND BEVERAGES.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT SAID THE THE SURVEY WAS TO DISCOVER HOW MANUFACTURERS PROSPECTS; WHAT THEY THOUGHT OF HONG

AND WHETHER

INDUSTRIES.

THEY SAW

ANY

INTENTION OF THEIR SAW

BUSINESS KONG'S INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT;

THE ON

CONSTRAINTS

GROWTH

OF

THEIR

ITS FINDINGS ARE BASED ON 1,954 VALID QUESTIONNAIRES RETURNED.

/SURVEYED FACTORIES