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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1994

ELECTORS COPIES OF THE EXTRACT OF THE 1994 FINAL REGISTER OF

INSPECTION FROM FOR THE CONSTITUENCY WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC TOMORROW AT THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL OFFICE AND THE KWAI DISTRICT OFFICE.

APART

TSING

NOTICE, FIVE OTHER NOTICES STATIONS, DESIGNATION OF

FROM THE BY-ELECTION ON DESIGNATION OF POLLING RESPECTIVELY

STATION, POLLING

DESIGNATION SPECIFIED PUBLICATION OF THE

OF THE 1994 APPOINTMENT

EXTRACT

OF COUNTING

REGISTER, FINAL

RETURNING

STATION,

AND THE OFFICERS,

OF RETURNING OFFICER AND ASSISTANT

WILL ALSO BE GAZETTED TOMORROW.

VALUE OF MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS-ON-HAND IN AUGUST 1994

* * * * *

THE VALUE OF MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS-ON-HAND FOR LOCAL PRODUCTION IN AUGUST THIS YEAR INCREASED BY 13% OVER A YEAR EARLIER, ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF A MONTHLY SURVEY RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

(THURSDAY)

COMPARING

THIS AUGUST

YEAR WITH THE SAME MONTH

LAST

YEAR, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF OUTSTANDING ORDERS WERE RECORDED IN THE ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY (+40%), PLASTIC PRODUCTS PRODUCTS (+22%),

INDUSTRY (+17%) AND TEXTILES

(+15%).

ELECTRICAL

INDUSTRY INDUSTRY

A SMALL INCREASE IN ORDERS WAS RECORDED IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY (+1%).

ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES IN ORDERS WERE RECORDED PRINTING AND PUBLISHING INDUSTRY (-14%) AND WEARING APPAREL (-9%).

IN THE INDUSTRY

COMPARED MAY

WITH JULY 1994,

AND BEARING IN MIND AFFECTED COMPARISON

BE

BY SEASONAL FACTORS, THE MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS-ON-HAND IN AUGUST 1994 DECREASED BY 1%.

THAT THIS VALUE OF

OF SOME

THE MONTHLY SURVEY OF ORDERS-ON-HAND COVERS A SAMPLE 300 MANUFACTURING FIRMS ENGAGING 50 OR MORE WORKERS.

REFER TO ORDERS ORDERS RECEIVED EARLIER BY MANUFACTURERS FOR LOCAL REMAIN UNFILLED AS AT THE END OF THE REFERENCE MONTH,

MANUFACTURERS'

ORDERS-ON-HAND

AND PARTS OF PRODUCTION WHICH

PRODUCTION MANUFACTURERS

ORDERS RECEIVED BY TRADERS NOT ENGAGED IN

IF INCLUDED

SUCH ORDERS ARE FURTHER PLACED PRODUCTION LOCALLY.

то

ARE

FOR

HOWEVER, ORDERS PLACED TO MANUFACTURING FIRMS FOR PRODUCTION IN INCLUDED IN THIS CHINA AND OTHER PLACES OUTSIDE HONG KONG ARE NOT SERIES OF ORDERS-ON-HAND STATISTICS.

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