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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1993

NEVERTHELESS, THE SURVEY RESULTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A USEFUL INDICATION OF THE DIRECTION OF CHANGE FOR MAKING A QUICK ASSESSMENT OF SHORT-TERM DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SECTOR, HE SAID.

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THE SURVEY REPORT FOR JULY 1993, AT $5.5 A COPY, IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, AND AT THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT PUBLICATIONS SECTION, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER, 12 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN

CHAI.

THE

ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY ВЕ MADE OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TELEPHONE 805 6441.

HAND:

THE FOLLOWING TABLE SHOWS THE PERCENTAGE CHANGES IN ORDERS-ON-

ORDERS-ON-HAND IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES

INDUSTRY

AS AT THE END OF JULY 1993

CHANGE WHEN COMPARED WITH JUNE 1993 JULY 1992

(MONTHS)

(%)

(%)

ALL MANUFACTURERS

SURVEYED

4.38

1 1/

-2

-1

WEARING APPAREL

4.57

TEXTILES

2.02

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-3

-6

PLASTIC PRODUCTS

3.30

- 14

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-4

-7

+9

FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS

4.40

−1

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC

PRODUCTS

5.88

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OTHERS

3.82

1

+4 -4

* CHANGES WITHIN +/-0.5%

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EXAM SYSTEM FOR LICENSING PLUMBERS TO BE ABOLISHED

THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT WILL ABOLISH THE EXAMINATION

2. SYSTEM FOR LICENSING PLUMBERS, WITH EFFECT FROM OCTOBER

FOLLOWING THE GAZETTING OF THE WATER REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT} 1992 LAST

SEPTEMBER.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT SAID A

PARALLEL QUALIFICATION SYSTEM, WHICH HAS BEEN OPERATING IN

WITH SYSTEM RXAMINATION SYSTEM SINCE 1989, WILL BE THE ONLY RECOGNISED THE FUTURE, REPLACING THE EXAMINATION SYSTEM.

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