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FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1991

"PRINTING IS ONE OF OUR MOST PRODUCTIVE INDUSTRIES,'

*

HE SAID.

ORDER OF THE

ITS GOOD

MR WONG SAID HIGH QUALITY PRINTING WAS NOW THE DAY IN HONG KONG, WHOSE PRINTING INDUSTRY WAS RENOWNED FOR PRINTING QUALITY, QUICK AND RELIABLE DELIVERY, AND COMPETITIVE PRICES.

HONG KONG WAS THE SECOND LARGEST EXPORTER OF WORK IN ASIA AFTER JAPAN.

QUALITY PRINTING

MR WONG SAID HONG KONG'S PRINTING INDUSTRY HAD ACHIEVED A HIGH

CONSIDERED

IT MANY

THAT

COULD PUBLISHERS TECHNOLOGICAL LEVEL AND

THE PIONEERS OF MODERN MATCH JAPAN, GERMANY AND THE UNITED STATES, PRINTING TECHNOLOGY, IN THE QUALITY OF ITS PRINTING WORK.

ASIAN TO OTHER

MARKETS OF THE

"OTHER ATTRACTIONS ARE OUR PROXIMITY AND OUR ATTITUDES TOWARDS PROTECTION OF COPYRIGHT AND FREEDOM PRESS,

HE SAID.

HE

SAID HONG

KONG ALSO BENEFITTED INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK.

FROM

ITS

EXCELLENT

HIGH QUALITY IMAGES то

BE

"SATELLITE COMMUNICATION ENABLES TRANSMITTED TO HONG KONG BY OVERSEAS PUBLISHERS.

"HONG KONG IS THEREFORE IDEALLY PLACED FOR PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTING INTERNATIONAL AND HE SAID.

AS A REGIONAL CENTRE

REGIONAL MAGAZINES,

UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS FOR NOV-JAN RELEASED

THE

THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE REMAINED STABLE AT A LOW LEVEL WHILE UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE DECREASED DURING THE PERIOD NOVEMBER 1990 JANUARY 1991, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST LABOUR FORCE STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

ENDING EARLIER. THREE-

OVER

THE

STATISTICALLY

NOT

THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR NOVEMBER 1990 JANUARY 1991 WAS 1.4%, COMPARED WITH 1.5% FOR THE THREE MONTHS

1990 OCTOBER

AND 1.3% FOR THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD A YBAR THE DECREASE OF 0.1 OF A PERCENTAGE POINT BELOW THE PRECEDING MONTH PERIOD AND THE INCREASE OF 0.1 OF A PERCENTAGE POINT CORRESPONDING PERIOD A YEAR EARLIER ARE BOTH SIGNIFICANT.

THE NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS IN NOVEMBER 1990 1991 WAS

WITH 42,300 IN ESTIMATED AT 38,400, COMPARED MONTHS ENDING OCTOBER 1990 AND 36,800 IN THE CORRESPONDING YEAR EARLIER.

THE

JANUARY THREE PERIOD A

THE

0.7%,

JANUARY 1991 UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE FOR NOVEMBER 1990

FOR OCTOBER 1990 AND 0.9% COMPARED WITH 1.0% FOR AUGUST CORRESPONDING PERIOD A YEAR EARLIER.

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WAS

THE

/THE DECREASES