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About 6,500 establishments will be enumerated in the present round of the survey, covering the following industrial activities: manufacturing; mining and quarrying; and electricity, gas and water.

Information to be sought in the survey includes: type of ownership, origin of investment, floor area, employment, compensation of employees (i.e. wages, salaries and other employee benefits), payments for industrial work and industrial services, value of purchases and other expenses, sales and other receipts, capital expenditure and stocks and other related information on the business operation of the establishments.

The survey is conducted under the Census and Statistics (Annual Survey of Industrial Production) (Amendment) Order 1995, which was made under the Census and Statistics Ordinance (Chapter 316) and issued as Legal Notice No. 76 in the Hong Kong Government Gazette on February 17.

Survey questionnaires have been mailed to the sampled establishments. These establishments are required by law to complete and return the questionnaires to the Census and Statistics Department by July 31. If required, officers of the department will visit individual establishments and assist them in completing the questionnaires. These officers will each carry a Government Identity Card and a certificate for conducting the survey whilst on duty, which are available for inspection.

Any enquiries regarding the survey may be directed to the Industrial Production Statistics Section of the Census and Statistics Department on 2839 3230 or 2805 6441.

End/Thursday, May 11, 1995

Public access and broadcasting services channels rejected

The Governor-in-Council, having considered the report of the inter- departmental Working Group on Government Broadcast Channels, has decided that neither a public access service nor a public broadcasting service on Wharf Cable's network, should be pursued.

The provision of up to three broadcast channels for Government use by Wharf Cable is stipulated in the latter's subscription television licence granted in June 1993.