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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14,

1991

"THE AMENDED WARNING NOTICE WILL MAKE IT

CLEAR THAT INDECENT ARTICLES MAY NOT BE DISTRIBUTED, CIRCULATED, SOLD, HIRED, GIVEN, LENT, SHOWN, PLAYED OR PROJECTED TO A PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF 18 YEARS,'

中

COMES WHEN THIS AMENDMENT

INTO FORCE, A WARNING, IN BOTH ENGLISH AND CHINESE, WILL HAVE то BE DISPLAYED ON ALL ARTICLES CLASSIFIED BY THE OBSCENE ARTICLES TRIBUNAL AS CLASS II ARTICLES.

THE ENGLISH VERSION OF THE WARNING READS:

"WARNING:

AND

THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS MATERIAL WHICH MAY OFFEND MAY NOT BE DISTRIBUTED, CIRCULATED, SOLD, HIRED, GIVEN, LENT, SHOWN, PLAYED OR PROJECTED TO A PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF 18 YEARS".

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"THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE ΤΟ BE VIGILANT . AND TAKE ENFORCEMENT ACTION

THE BEST OF IT'S ABILITY WITHIN AVAILABLE RESOURCES, MR WONG ADDED.

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THIRD QUARTER BUSINESS SURVEY RESULTS RELEASED

FIRMS

THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR AS A WHOLE IN

EXPERIENCED IMPROVEMENT IN BUSINESS IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1991 AS COMPARED THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1991.

TO

AN

WITH

LOOKING AHEAD, FIRMS IN THIS SECTOR GENERALLY EXPECT BUSINESS 1991 AS SHOW A FURTHER MILD IMPROVEMENT IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF

WITH THE COMPARED

OF RESULTS

THE THIRD QUARTER, ACCORDING TO THE QUARTERLY BUSINESS SURVEY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT RELEASED TODAY (THURSDAY).

THESE

COMPARISONS ARE,

HOWEVER, LIKELY

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BE AFFECTED BY

THE SEASONAL FACTORS. AS FAR AS MANUFACTURING ACTIVITY IS CONCERNED, THIRD AND FOURTH QUARTERS OF THE YEAR ARE NORMALLY MORE ACTIVE PERIODS THAN THE SECOND QUARTER.

FIRMS IN MOST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED, PARTICULARLY THOSE IN THE PLASTICS, FOOD, BEVERAGE AND TOBACCO, WATCHES AND CLOCKS, APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND

INDUSTRIES, EXPERIENCED AN IMPROVEMENT IN BUSINESS IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1991 AS COMPARED THE SECOND QUARTER.

WITH

AS REGARDS THE BUSINESS PROSPECTS FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER, FIRMS IN MOST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED, PARTICULARLY THOSE IN THE WEARING APPAREL AND THE WATCHES AND CLOCKS INDUSTRIES, ANTICIPATE AN IMPROVEMENT IN BUSINESS AS COMPARED WITH THE THIRD QUARTER.

ON THE OTHER HAND, FIRMS IN THE PLASTICS LOWER LEVEL OF BUSINESS ACTIVITY.

INDUSTRY EXPECT A

/IN THE