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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1993

ISSUED TO PUBLIC THAT ORGANISATIONS

ENSURE

SMALL QUANTITIES OF THE NEW COINS HAVE BEEN

AND UTILITY

VARIOUS TRANSPORT COMPANIES AND OPERATE COIN VENDING MACHINES FOR TESTING AND CALIBRATION TO THAT THEY CAN BE USED IN THESE MACHINES WITH MINIMAL DISRUPTION.

10-CENT COIN AND

THE FINAL TYPES OF COINS IN THE SERIES, THE THE NEW $10 COIN, ARE LIKELY TO BE INTRODUCED DURING 1994.

THE OVERWHELMING DEMAND FOR THE COMMEMORATIVE COIN SETS FEATURING THE NEW-DESIGN

OF "BECAUSE

TO $10, ADDITIONAL

SETS

OF THE UNCIRCULATED

AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC IN JULY.

1993 COINS FROM 10-CENT VERSION WERE MADE

"THESE CAN STILL BE BOUGHT AT THE HONG KONG AND KOWLOON MAIN BRANCHES OF THE OVERSEAS TRUST BANK," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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ORDERS-ON-HAND OF MANUFACTURERS IN JULY

MANUFACTURERS EARLIER,

YEAR

THE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND FOR THE 200 LARGEST DECREASED SLIGHTLY BY 1% IN JULY THIS YEAR OVER A ACCORDING TO A MONTHLY SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND IS MEASURED IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF MONTHS THAT MANUFACTURERS WILL REQUIRE TO COMPLETE THE ORDERS OUTSTANDING AS AT THE END OF THE REFERENCE MONTH.

COMPARED WITH THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR, THE ORDERS POSITION IN THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY DECREASED BY 7%. THE WEARING APPAREL AND THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES BOTH REGISTERED A DECREASE OF 4%.

ON THE OTHER HAND, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY (9%) AND THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY (4%).

COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING MONTH, ORDERS FOR ALL THE MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED DECREASED SLIGHTLY BY 2%.

OF

DECREASE

THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY REPORTED A SIGNIFICANT 14% AND THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY REPORTED A DECREASE OF 6% OVER THE PRECEDING ΜΟΝΤΗ. SLIGHT DECREASES WERE ALSO RECORDED IN THE APPAREL AND THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES, BY 3%

RESPECTIVELY.

WEARING

AND 1%

MEANWHILE, THE ORDERS POSITION SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE IN THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.

THE MONTHLY SURVEY OF ORDERS-ON-HAND COVERS A PANEL OF THE 200 LARGEST MANUFACTURERS CHOSEN BY REFERENCE TO THEIR EMPLOYMENT SIZES IN SEPTEMBER 1986.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT POINTED OUT THAT AS THE SURVEY SAMPLE COVERED ONLY THE LARGE COMPANIES, THE SURVEY RESULTS MIGHT NOT BE FULLY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE GENERAL SITUATION OF THE MANUFACTURING

SECTOR.

/NEVERTHELESS, THE