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TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1994

DISTRICT BOARDS WILL BE CONSULTED

ON THE

COMING

WHILE TWO MONTHS

BRIEFINGS

OTHER WITH INCLUDING THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD AND THE LAND AND COMMITTEE, WILL ALSO BE ARRANGED.

IN THE BODIES,

STATEMENTS RELEVANT BUILDING ADVISORY

DR PRYOR ALSO TOLD THE PANEL THAT THE HONG

WAS BEING PREPARED DEVELOPMENT STATEMENT FEBRUARY OR MARCH, AND PREPARATION OF THE

WAS STATEMENT

SCHEDULED TO DEVELOPMENT COMPLETION BY MARCH 1996.

KONG

ISLAND

WEST

FOR

BY COMPLETION

NEXT CENTRAL AND EAST KOWLOON BEGIN THIS DECEMBER FOR

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VMS REFUSE TO TAKE FOOD

A TOTAL OF 3,585 VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS (VMS) IN WHITEHEAD DETENTION CENTRE (WHDC) AND 2,417 IN HIGH ISLAND DETENTION CENTRE (HIDC) REFUSED TO TAKE THE FOOD ISSUED BY THE MANAGEMENT TODAY (TUESDAY).

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT NOTED THAT BETWEEN MAY 1 AND MAY 29, A DAILY AVERAGE OF 423 VMS IN WHDC AND 151 IN HIDC HAD PARTICIPATED IN THE FOOD REFUSAL.

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419 UP TO YESTERDAY, A TOTAL OF 545 VMS

FROM WHDC AND 126 FROM HIDC HAD BEEN SENT TO OUTSIDE HOSPITALS FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT IN MAY, OF WHOM 61 HAD BEEN ADMITTED FOR OBSERVATION. AS AT TODAY, 11 OF THEM ARE STILL IN HOSPITAL.

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SURVEY ON WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADES,

RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS FOR 1993

ABOUT 9,300 ESTABLISHMENTS

WILL BE ENUMERATED IN

THE SURVBY

OF

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS FOR 1993 NOW UNDER WAY.

THE ANNUAL SURVEY IS PART OF A CONTINUOUS PROGRAMME TO COMPILE STATISTICS ON THE STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE OF VARIOUS ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN HONG KONG,

IT AIMS TO OBTAIN UP-TO-DATE STATISTICAL DATA FOR EVALUATING THE CONTRIBUTION OF VARIOUS ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES TO HONG KONG'S GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT AND FOR ASCERTAINING THEIR COST STRUCTURE, OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS AND SALES LEVELS.

THE SURVEY RESULTS ARE USEFUL TO BOTH THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN FORMULATING POLICIES AND MAKING DECISIONS.

/THE COMMISSIONER