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THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1993

JEWELLERY

WORTH

AROUND

IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THEY PURCHASED HK$3.6 BILLION LAST YEAR, A BIG INCREASE ON 1991.

+'I DARE SAY JEWELLERY LAST YEAR

**

THAT HONG KONG PEOPLE SPENT A FEW DOLLARS EACH TOO, SHE SAID.

ON

MRS

PATTEN

ALSO

SAID HONG KONG'S JEWELLERY

PRODUCTS

WERK

RENOWNED FOR THEIR DESIGN AND WORKMANSHIP,

THE

YEARS,

"I UNDERSTAND THAT HONG KONG DESIGNERS HAVE, IN RECENT WON MAJOR INTERNATIONAL AWARDS SUCH AS

DIAMONDS-INTERNATIONAL AWARDS AND THE PRIX DE GENEVE DESIGN COMPETITION.

EVEN

ACHIEVE "I AM SURE THAT SUCH AWARDS ENCOURAGE OUR DESIGNERS TO

ITS ENTERPRISING GREATER SUCCESS, AND I AM CONFIDENT THAT WITH BUSINESSMEN AND SKILFUL WORKFORCE, THE HONG KONG JEWELLERY TRADE CONTINUE TO FLOURISH, MRS PATTEN SAID.

WILL

ORDERS-ON-HAND OF MANUFACTURERS IN JANUARY

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MANUFACTURERS

A

THE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND FOR THE 200 LARGEST INCREASED BY 3% IN JANUARY 1993 OVER ONE YEAR AGO, ACCORDING TO MONTHLY SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND IS MEASURED IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER

THAT OF MONTHS

THE MANUFACTURERS WILL REQUIRE TO COMPLETE

ORDERS OUTSTANDING AS AT THE END OF THE REFERENCE MONTH.

ORDERS IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY BY 14% OVER THE SAME MONTH OF LAST YEAR. MODERATE INCREASES OF 9% AND

WERE ALSO

METAL IN THE FABRICATED 6%

RECORDED

PRODUCTS ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES RESPECTIVELY.

ON

AND

THE

HAND, ORDERS DECREASED SLIGHTLY BY BUT SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE IN THE

2% IN THE WEARING APPAREL

OTHRR THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY, INDUSTRY.

COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING MONTH, ORDERS FOR THE MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE.

THE

PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY REPORTED A SIGNIFICANT OF 15% AND THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY REPORTED A MODERATE INCREASE OVER THE PRECEDING MONTH.

INCREASE OF 5%

RECORDED

ON THE OTHER HAND, SLIGHT DECREASES OF 2% AND 1% WERE RESPECTIVELY IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS AND THE ELECTRICAL ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.

AND

THE WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRY REPORTED LITTLE CHANGE ORDERS POSITION OVER THE PRECEDING MONTH.

IN THEIR

/TRE PERCENTAGE