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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1993

NEW SURVEY OF SERVICE INDUSTRIES LAUNCHED

THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT HAS LAUNCHED A NEW QUARTERLY SURVEY OF SERVICE INDUSTRIES IN MAY THIS YEAR TO PROVIDE PROMPT INDICATORS OF THE CURRENT PERFORMANCE OF THE VARTOUS SERVICE SECTORS.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES + MR TAM WING-PONG, ÎN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON HUANG CHEN-YA IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MR TAM SAID RESULTS OF THE SURVEY WOULD BE PUBLISHED AT QUARTERLY INTERVALS STARTING FROM MID-1994, WHEN THE SERIES OF THE STATISTICS WAS SUFFICIENTLY LONG TO ALLOW INTER-PERIOD COMPARISONS AND THE COMPUTATION OF GROWTH RATES.

HE SAID THE RESPONSE RATE AND QUALITY OF THE DATA COLLECTED SO FAR HAD BEEN SATISFACTORY.

MOTION TO BOOST CONSUMER PROTECTION PASSED

A MOTION MOVED BY THE HON MAN SAI-CHEONG URGING THE GOVERNMENT TO EXPEDITE THE ENACTMENT OF LEGISLATION FOR BETTER PROTECTION OF CONSUMER RIGHTS WAS PASSED AFTER A TWO-HOUR DEBATE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TONIGHT (WEDNESDAY).

A TOTAL OF 15 MEMBERS SPOKE. THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR T H CHAU, REPLIED FOR THE GOVERNMENT.

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ANOTHER MOTION MOVED BY THE HON EDWARD HO URGING THE GOVERNMENT TO ADOPT A STRATEGY THAT WOULD PROMOTE THE TERRITORY'S PROSPERITY IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF ITS PEOPLE UP TO AND BEYOND 1997 WAS ALSO PASSED.

SEVENTEEN MEMBERS SPOKE IN THE TWO-HOUR DEBATE AND THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR TONY EASON, SPOKE ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT.

А MOTION ON CIVIL AVIATION (AIRCRAFT NOISE) (LIMITATION ON LANDING OR TAKING OFF OF AIRCRAFT) (AMENDMENT) NOTICE 1993 WAS DEFEATED AFTER AN HOUR'S DEBATE. THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MR GORDON SIU, REPLIED FOR THE GOVERNMENT.

THE TWO MOTIONS MOVED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE HON JEREMY MATHEWS, UNDER THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ORDINANCE AND THE CORONERS ORDINANCE, WERE PASSED.

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