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ΤΟ COMMENT ON THE SURVEYED FACTORIES WERE ASKED
IMPORTANCE WHICH DETERMINED THE INVESTMENT OF 20 FACTORS AND FAVOURABILITY ENVIRONMENT OF HONG KONG AS A MANUFACTURING BASE.
THESE INCLUDED ASPECTS
KONG'S INDUSTRIAL
ECONOMIC GOVERNMENT
LAW AND INFRASTRUCTURE, BUSINESS MANPOWER RESOURCES AND POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT.
OF
POLICY, HONG TAX SYSTEM,
THE 20 STABILITY,
LABOUR COST WAS CONSIDERED TO BE THE MOST IMPORTANT OF
POLITICAL BY LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY, FOLLOWED INFRASTRUCTURE, AND COST OF FACTORY SPACE.
FACTORS,
RESPONDENTS), GOVERNMENT
ECONOMIC
WERE HONG KONG'S BANKING AND POLICY
THE FOUR FACTORS FELT TO BE MOST FAVOURABLE INFRASTRUCTURE (CITED BY 80.1 PER CENT OF FINANCIAL FACILITIES (67.7 PER CENT), AND REGIONAL LOCATION (66.6 PER CENT).
THREE
(78.3 PER
CENT),
THE
HALF
COST OF
WERE FACTORS
CONSIDERED BY
THAN MORE RESPONDENTS TO BE UNFAVOURABLE: LABOUR COST (64.3 PER CENT), FACTORY SPACE (58 PER CENT) AND POLITICAL FUTURE (51 PER CENT).
T
'OVERALL, 11 OF THE 20 FACTORS WERE CONSIDERED BY HALF OR
THE SPOKESMAN SAID. OF THE 1,954 RESPONDENTS TO BE FAVOURABLE,
MORE
POSITIVE VIEWS
THE SPOKESMAN SAID CERTAIN INDUSTRIES HAD MORE ABOUT HONG KONG THAN OTHERS.
THE CENT),
FOUND IN THE PER
THE CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS INDUSTRIAL BEVERAGE INDUSTRY
"A HIGHER PROPORTION OF FAVOURABLE OPINIONS WAS
APPLIANCE INDUSTRY (63 HOUSEHOLD ELECTRICAL PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS INDUSTRY (60 PER
PRINTING AND ELECTRONICS, INDUSTRY (59.9 PER CENT), THE MACHINERY INDUSTRIES (57.8 EACH), AND THE FOOD AND (57.7 PER CENT)," HE SAID.
BUSINESS
PROSPECTS IN 1991, AS REGARDS RESPONDENTS EXPECTED THAT BUSINESS IN 1991 WOULD BETTER THAN IN 1990; 26.3 PER CENT SAID IT WOULD AND 15.6 PER CENT CONSIDERED IT WOULD BE REMAINING 32.4 PER CENT WERE UNCERTAIN.
25.8 PER
OF
CENT BE BETTER OR MUCH BE MUCH THE SAME; MUCH WORSE. THE
WORSE OR
MORE DEFINITE VIEW OF UNCERTAIN RESPONSES), 38.1 MUCH BETTER IN 1991, THE SPOKESMAN
AMONG THE 1,320 RESPONDENTS WHO HAD A THE FUTURE (THAT IS EXCLUDING THOSE WITH PER CENT FELT THAT BUSINESS WOULD BE BETTER OR AND 38.9 PER CENT FELT THAT IT WOULD BE MUCH THE SAME, SAID.
1,291 (66.1 PER CENT) OF ON BUSINESS PROSPECTS IN 1992-93 I
BE RESPONDENTS FELT UNCERTAIN, WHEREAS 14.6 PER CENT EXPECTED THEM TO BETTER OR MUCH BETTER THAN IN 1990; 10.6 PER CENT MUCH THE 8.8 PER CENT WORSE OR MUCH WORSE.
OF
SAME; AND
"UNCERTAIN"
WOULD
THE 663
WHICH COMPANIES
DID NOT GIVE AN RESPONSE, 491 (74.1 PER CENT) EXPECTED THAT BUSINESS IN 1992-93 NOT BE WORSE THAN IN 1990, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
IN INCORPORATED
"HONG KONG'S WHICH WILL BE RELEASED BY THE
FINDINGS OF THE SURVEY WILL BE
1990", INDUSTRIES
MANUFACTURING
INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT NEXT MAY.
COPIES OF THE SURVEY REPORT ARE AVAILABLE FREE OF DEPARTMENT, ROOM THE INDUSTRIAL DATA SECTION, INDUSTRY CENTRE, 5 CANTON ROAD, TSIM SHA TSUI.
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