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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1991

THE TYPES OF COMMODITIES BOUGHT WERE DIVERSE: FROM SIMPLE TOILET ROLLS AND STATIONERY TO SOPHISTICATED COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND HELICOPTERS.

THE MAJOR PURCHASES WERE COMPUTER SYSTEMS, PHARMACEUTICALS, AND EQUIPMENT FOR MEDICAL, COMMUNICATIONS AND SCIENTIFIC USES, WATER PIPES AND FITTINGS AS WELL AS FIRE FIGHTING VEHICLES AND ENGINE SPARE PARTS.

JUNE 1991 SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL STARTED

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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT HAS STARTED TO CONDUCT THE JUNE 1991 ROUND OF THE SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL. IN MAJOR SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY TO COLLECT INFORMATION ON EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL IN RESPECT OF THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1991.

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THIS SURVEY IS CONDUCTED QUARTERLY AND THE SURVEY RESULTS USEFUL IN PROVIDING SHORT-TERM ECONOMIC INDICATORS AS WELL AS INFORMATION ON THE STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN THE LABOUR MARKET IN HONG

KONG.

THIS ROUND OF THE SURVEY COVERS ABOUT 104,000 ESTABLISHMENTS WHICH ARE DRAWN FROM VARIOUS SECTORS INCLUDING THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR (MINING AND QUARRYING; MANUFACTURING; ELECTRICITY AND GAS), THE DISTRIBUTIVE TRADES SECTOR (WHOLESALE, RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS) AND THE SERVICES SECTOR (TRANSPORT, STORAGE AND COMMUNICATION; FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL BUSINESS SERVICES; COMMUNITY, SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

ESTATE

AND

SERVICES).

INFORMATION ON THE NUMBER OF PERSONS ENGAGED AND EXISTING VACANCIES ON JUNE 28 WILL BE SOUGHT FROM EACH SELECTED ESTABLISHMENT,

SOME 10,000 ESTABLISHMENTS ARE RANDOMLY SELECTED FROM THIS SAMPLE то PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON PAYROLL IN EACH OF THE THREE MONTHS DURING THE REFERENCE PERIOD OF APRIL-JUNE 1991. ́

QUESTIONNAIRES ARR

ESTABLISHMENTS.

BEING MAILED ΤΟ INDIVIDUAL SAMPLE

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS ORDER 1982, ESTABLISHMENTS RECEIVING QUESTIONNAIRES ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE AND RETURN THEM TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE SPECIFIED PERIOD.

FORMS,

SHOULD RESPONDENTS FIND DIFFICULTIES IN COMPLETING THE THEY ARE WELCOME TO CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT FOR ASSISTANCE ON TEL. 823 5076.

AS FOR THOSE ESTABLISHMENTS KNOWN TO THIS DEPARTMENT DURING APRIL-JUNE 1991, THEY WILL ALSO BE ENUMERATED IN ORDER TO MAKE THE SURVEY RESULTS COMPLETE.

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