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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1994
MANUFACTURERS'
ORDERS-ON-HAND
AND REFER TO ORDERS
PARTS OF PRODUCTION WHICH ORDERS RECEIVED EARLIER BY MANUFACTURERS FOR LOCAL REMAIN UNFILLED AS AT THE END OF THE REFERENCE MONTH.
RECEIVED ORDERS
SUCH
INCLUDED IF PRODUCTION LOCALLY.
BY TRADERS NOT ENGAGED IN
TO ORDERS ARE FURTHER PLACED
PRODUCTION MANUFACTURERS
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.
BEGINNING
FROM
OF STATISTICS JANUARY 1994, A NEW SERIES MANUFACTURERS' ORDERS-ON-HAND IN VALUE TERMS COMPILED IN THE FORM AN INDEX IS PRODUCED, TO REPLACE THE OLD SERIES THAT WAS EXPRESSED TERMS OF NUMBER OF MONTHS TO COMPLETE THE OUTSTANDING ORDERS.
THE NEW STATISTICAL SERIES PROVIDES A MORE DIRECT THE OVERALL VALUE OF ORDERS IN THE LOCAL MANUFACTURING LEAD TO THE GENERATION OF LOCAL MANUFACTURING OUTPUT.
ON
OF
IN
MEASURE SECTOR THAT
OF
SHOULD
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT POINTED OUT THAT CAUTION 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, HE SAID.
A
IS NOW
CENSUS
THE SURVEY REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 1994, AT $4.5 A COPY, AVAILABLE FOR SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST
CONNAUGHT
THE PLACE, CENTRAL, AND AT OFFICE BUILDING,
AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT PUBLICATIONS SECTION, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER, 12 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI.
ENQUIRIES
ABOUT
THE SURVEY
RESULTS
MAY BE
MADE OF THE STATISTICS
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND DEPARTMENT ON TEL 805 6441.
CHANGES
THE FOLLOWING TABLE SHOWS THE YEAR-ON-YEAR PERCENTAGE IN THE VALUE OF ORDERS-ON-HAND IN DIFFERENT MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES.
/PERCENTAGE
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