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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1993

ORDERS-ON-HAND OF MANUFACTURERS IN SEPTEMBER

MANUFACTURERS EARLIER, STATISTICS

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

ORDERS

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

THE COMPLETE MONTHS THAT MANUFACTURERS WILL REQUIRE TO OUTSTANDING AS AT THE END OF THE REFERENCE MONTH.

OF

TEXTILES

5%

COMPARED WITH THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR, ORDERS IN THE AND THE WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRIES DECREASED MODERATELY BY 8% AND RESPECTIVELY.

OTHER HAND,

ORDERS POSITION SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE IN THE

APPRECIABLE PRODUCTS INDUSTRY. ON THE RECORDED IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND THE ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES, BY 8% AND 5% RESPECTIVELY.

COMPARED

WITH

THE

PRECEDING

FABRICATED METAL INCREASES WERK AND ELECTRONIC

ORDERS

FOR

ALL THE

MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED REMAINED VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED.

MONTH,

PRODUCTS IN THE PLASTIC

MONTH.

INDUSTRY DECREASED DECREASES

POSITION ORDERS

WERE ALSO MODERATELY BY 5% OVER THE PRECEDING RECORDED IN THE WEARING APPAREL AND THE TEXTILES INDUSTRIES, BY 1% AND 2% RESPECTIVELY.

METAL FABRICATED

PRODUCTS

ON THE OTHER HAND, ORDERS IN THE INDUSTRY REPORTED LITTLE CHANGE. A SLIGHT INCREASE OF 1% WAS RECORDED IN THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.

200

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

SURVEY

NOT

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT POINTED OUT THAT AS THE SAMPLE COVERED ONLY THE LARGE COMPANIES, THE SURVEY RESULTS MIGHT

MANUFACTURING BE FULLY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE GENERAL SITUATION OF THE SECTOR.

PROVIDE A MAKING A QUICK

NEVERTHELESS, THE SURVEY RESULTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO

FOR OF USEFUL

THE DIRECTION OF CHANGE INDICATION ASSESSMENT OF SHORT-TERM DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS SECTOR.

IS NOW THE SURVEY REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 1993 AT $5.50 A COPY,

POST OFFICE ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, AND AT THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT PUBLICATIONS SECTION, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER, 12 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI.

ENQUIRIES

ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND DEPARTMENT ON TEL 805 6441.

BE

MADE

TO

THE

STATISTICS

THE FOLLOWING TABLE SHOWS THE PERCENTAGE CHANGES IN

ORDERS-ON-

HAND:

/INDUSTRY