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SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1991

NOTE:

(E.G.

GIVEN

TIME

STUDYING

IRREGULAR PAYMENTS DUE TO THE POSSIBLE INCLUSIONS OF BACKPAY OR SPECIAL BONUS), "PER CAPITA EARNINGS" FOR A MONTH MAY BE SUBJECT TO RATHER VOLATILE FLUCTUATIONS FROM TO TIME. THEREFORE, IT IS PARTICULARLY ADVISABLE, IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS STATISTICS, NOT TO TAKE A DATA IN ISOLATION, BUT TO MAKE REFERENCE TO DATA OVER A PERIOD.

NOTE TO TABLES 1

GIVEN MONTHS'S LONGER

3 :

WHICH ARE UNLIKE "ORDERS-ON-HAND" AND "PER CAPITA EARNINGS",

THE SURVEYED,

TOTAL THE COMPANIES AVERAGE FIGURES AMONGST

SURVEYED 19 NOT NUMBER OF PERSONS ENGAGED BY THE COMPANIES

IS A PANEL INFORMATION ON ITS OWN (BECAUSE THIS MEANINGFUL SURVEY) AND IS THEREFORE NOT SHOWN.

HONG KONG/FRANCE AIR AGREEMENT IN FORCE

THE

HONG KONG/FRANCE AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT (ASA) HAS INTO FORCE ON MAY 10 THIS YEAR.

ENTERED

FOR THE ASA WAS SIGNED ON AUGUST 20 LAST YEAR BY THE SECRETARY

BEHALF OF THE HONG KONG ANSON CHAN, ON ECONOMIC SERVICES, MRS

GOVERNMENT, GOVERNMENT UNDER THE AUTHORISATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

ON BEHALF AND THE CHIEF OF AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES, MR ROBERT ESPEROU, OF THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT.

THE AGREEMENT IS DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY WITH THE PROVISIONS THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION IN MIND.

OF

THE ASA PROVIDES FOR SCHEDULED PASSENGER AND ALL-CARGO SERVICES CATHAY BETWEEN HONG KONG AND FRANCE, WHICH ARE PRESENTLY OPERATED BY PACIFIC AIRWAYS AND AIR FRANCE.

PRIOR TO THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE ASA, COVERED BY THE UK/FRANCE ASA.

THESE SERVICES

WERE

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