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THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1994

IN

CONNECTION,

HE

THIS

BELIEVED THAT VOTER REGISTRATION CAMPAIGNS WERE NECESSARY FOR THE MOMENT.

WOULD

NEVERTHELESS, HE GAVE HIS ASSURANCE THAT THE GOVERNMENT

OF THE NEXT GIVE THIS MATTER FURTHER EXAMINATION, WELL IN ADVANCE VOTER REGISTRATION EXERCISE.

IN CONCLUSION, MR SUEN REITERATED THAT VOTER REGISTRATION WAS A IT A COMMUNITY EFFORT WHICH NEEDED THE COMMUNITY'S SUPPORT TO MAKE SUCCESS.

HE CALLED ON EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY TO EXERCISE THEIR AND GET REGISTERED TODAY,

RIGHT

ANNUAL SURVEYS BY INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT

TO

THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT IS CONDUCTING THREE ANNUAL SURVEYS COLLECT INFORMATION ON HONG KONG'S MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENT, EXTERNAL INVESTMENT IN LOCAL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES AND REPRESENTATION BY OVERSEAS COMPANIES IN THE TERRITORY.

REGIONAL

SAID

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF INDUSTRY MISS WONG MEI-LIN THE SURVEY OF HONG KONG'S MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENT AIMED AT COLLECTING MANUFACTURERS' VIEWS ON HONG KONG'S INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT AND HOW THEY SAW THEIR BUSINESS PROSPECTS.

IT WOULD COVER 2,500 RANDOM SAMPLED ESTABLISHMENTS IN 14 SELECTED INDUSTRIES, INCLUDING CLOTHING, ELECTRONICS, TEXTILES, WATCHES AND CLOCKS, PRINTING, PLASTICS AND METAL PRODUCTS, SHE SAID.

TARGETING AT SOME 1,800 MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS CONTAINING EXTERNAL INVESTMENT, THE SURVEY ON EXTERNAL INVESTMENT IN HONG KONG'S MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES AIMS AT ASCERTAINING THE STATE OF EXTERNAL INVESTMENT IN LOCAL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES.

T

'INFORMATION ON THE VALUE OF INVESTMENT, THE SOURCE

COUNTRIES

FOR

THE INVESTMENT AND ITS DISTRIBUTION AMONG THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES WILL BE COLLECTED, MISS WONG SAID.

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SHE SAID THE THIRD SURVEY WAS CONCERNED WITH IDENTIFYING THE NUMBER OF REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS AND REGIONAL OFFICES ESTABLISHED BY OVERSEAS COMPANIES IN HONG KONG AND SEEKING THE COMPANIES' VIEWS ON THE PROS AND CONS OF HONG KONG AS A REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS OR REGIONAL OFFICE.

THE SURVEY OF REGIONAL REPRESENTATION BY OVERSEAS COMPANIES IN HONG KONG WOULD COVER ALL OVERSEAS COMPANIES KNOWN TO BE OPERATING IN HONG KONG, WHICH WERE ABOUT 7,000, SHE NOTED.

QUESTIONNAIRES OF THE THREE SURVEYS HAVE BEEN SENT TO SELECTED MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS AND COMPANIES IN LATE MAY.

/WHERE NECESSARY,

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