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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1994

BEGINNING FROM JANUARY THIS YEAR, A NEW SERIES OF STATISTICS ON MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS-ON-HAND IN VALUE TERMS COMPILED IN THE FORM OF AN INDEX IS PRODUCED, TO REPLACE THE OLD SERIES WHICH WAS EXPRESSED IN TERMS OF NUMBER OF MONTHS TO COMPLETE THE OUTSTANDING ORDERS.

THE NEW STATISTICAL SERIES PROVIDES A MORE DIRECT MEASURE OF THE OVERALL VALUE OF ORDERS IN THE LOCAL MANUFACTURING SECTOR THAT LEAD TO THE GENERATION OF LOCAL MANUFACTURING OUTPUT.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT POINTED OUT THAT CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED IN INTERPRETING THE MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS-ON-HAND FIGURES IN A SINGLE MONTH.

INSTEAD, THE TREND MOVEMENT OF THE SERIES AS DISPLAYED OVER WIDER SPAN OF TIME POINTS SHOULD BE LOOKED AT.

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THE SURVEY REPORT FOR AUGUST, AT $4.5 A COPY, IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, AND AT THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT PUBLICATIONS SECTION, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER, 12 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI.

THE

ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE MADE OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON 805 6441.

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

PERCENTAGE CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF

ORDERS-ON-HAND IN

JULY 1994

AUGUST 1994

OVER JULY 1993 OVER AUGUST 1993

(REVISED)

(PROVISIONAL)

ALL INDUSTRIES COVERED IN THE SURVEY

WEARING APPAREL

TEXTILES

+12

+13

-9

-9

+14

+17

+

ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS

+33

+40

ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS

+17

+15

FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS

+12

+1

PLASTIC PRODUCTS

+15

+22

PRINTING AND PUBLISHING

-10

-14

0

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