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TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1994

ARTICLE TELLS HOW ONP IS COMPILED

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A SPECIAL REVIEW ARTICLE INTRODUCING THE

BASIC CONCEPTS OF

GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT (GNP) STATISTICS AND DESCRIBING THE SYSTEM AND METHODOLOGY FOR ITS COMPILATION IN HONG KONG HAS BEEN PREPARED.

1994 ISSUE OF THE HONG KONG IT IS CONTAINED IN THE MAY MONTHLY DIGEST OF STATISTICS, NOW ON SALE AT $48 A COPY.

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THE CENSUS AND FOR COMPILING GNP

A NEW ANNUAL SURVEY WILL BE IMPLEMENTED BY STATISTICS DEPARTMENT

COLLECT DATA REQUIRED

STATISTICS.

ROUND OF THE

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THE FIRST SURVEY WOULD BE LAUNCHED IN OCTOBER TO COLLECT DATA FOR COMPILING FOR THE REFERENCE YEAR 1993.

ABOUT 12,000 COMPANIES IN VARIOUS BUSINESSES WILL BE

HE SAID.

GNP

COVERED,

THE SURVEY WILL COLLECT DATA ON EXTERNAL FACTOR INCOME FLOWS IN HONG KONG.

THE INCOME FLOWS ARE CLASSIFIED INTO FOUR

PORTFOLIO INCOME, INVESTMENT INCOME AND COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES.

INVESTMENT

INCOME,

COMPONENTS: DIRECT OTHER INVESTMENT

"THESE

EXISTING GROSS

INCOME DOMESTIC

FLOWS

ESTIMATES, PRODUCT, WILL GIVE

WHEN

COMBINED GNP,"

WITH

THE

THE

SPOKESMAN

EXPLAINED.

THE ARTICLE ALSO DESCRIBES DETAILS OF STATISTICS TO BE COMPILED BASED ON THE SURVEY FINDINGS AND THE TIMING OF PUBLICATIONS.

THE

PUBLICATION

IS AVAILABLE AT THE

GOVERNMENT

PUBLICATIONS

PLACE,

CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, GROUND FLOOR, CONNAUGHT HONG KONG AND AT THE PUBLICATIONS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS WAN CHAI, DEPARTMENT ON 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER, 12 HARBOUR ROAD, HONG KONG.

SECONDARY 6 CENTRAL ALLOCATION BEGINS TOMORROW

A TOTAL OF 255 SECONDARY 6 PLACES ARE STILL AVAILABLE FOR CENTRAL ALLOCATION WHEN STAGE V OF THE S6 ADMISSION PROCEDURE BEGINS TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).

MEDIUM

THE VACANCIES COMPRISE 92 IN THE ARTS, 26 IN THE SCIENCE AND 30 IN THE COMMERCIAL STREAMS USING ENGLISH AS MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION; 63 IN THE ARTS AND 10 IN THE SCIENCE STREAMS USING CHINESE AS OF INSTRUCTION; 26 IN ENGINEERING AND EIGHT IN COMMERCIAL STREAMS IN PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS.

/A SPOKESMAN