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TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1994

3

IS NOW

GROUND

AT

THE SURVEY REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 1994, AT $4.5 A COPY,

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

ENQUIRIES

ABOUT

THE

SURVEY RESULTS

MAY

BE MADE

TO STATISTICS

THE

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND DEPARTMENT ON TEL 805 6441.

PERCENTAGE

CHANGES

THE FOLLOWING TABLE SHOWS THE YEAR-ON-YEAR IN THE VALUE OF ORDERS-ON-HAND IN DIFFERENT MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES:

PERCENTAGE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF

ORDERS-ON-HAND IN

FEBRUARY 1994 OVER FEBRUARY 1993

(PROVISIONAL)

JANUARY 1994

OVER JANUARY 1993

(REVISED)

ALL INDUSTRIES COVERED

IN THE SURVEY

-

-6

-8

WEARING APPAREL

- 18

-20

TEXTILES

-11

-13

ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS

-2

-3

ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS

+6

FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS

+73

+37

PLASTIC PRODUCTS

-44

-19

PRINTING AND PUBLISHING

+43

+19

CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT STATISTICS FOR 1993

THE GROSS

VALUE

OF

CONSTRUCTION

WORK

PERFORMED BY

MAIN

CONTRACTORS, INCLUDING GENERAL AND SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS, AMOUNTED TO $75.3 BILLION IN 1993, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 11.2% OVER 1992, ACCORDING ΤΟ STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

CENSUS AND

THE INCREASE WAS LARGELY DUE TO MORE ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION

WORK

ON PUBLIC SECTOR SITES.

THE GROSS VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED AT PUBLIC SECTOR SITES ROSE SHARPLY BY 40.6%.

/THE INCREASE