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14

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The following table shows the year-on-year percentage changes in the value of orders-on-hand in different manufacturing industries.

All industries covered in the survey

* Wearing apparel

• Textiles

Percentage changes in the

value of orders-on-hand in

April 1996 over April 1995 (Revised)

May 1996 over May 1995 (Provisional)

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7

5

4

- 5

-11

-11

• Electronic products

- 5

- 9

* Electrical products

- 1

- 5

* Fabricated metal products

+30

+25

* Plastic products

-12

-12

* Printing and publishing

- 9

-13

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British soldiers help out in school renovation

Soldiers from the Postal Courier Troop and Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Workshops of the Hong Kong Logistic Support Regiment will provide many hands to make light work of redecorating the Christian Alliance P C Lau Memorial International School in Kowloon City this weekend.

As part of a four-year renovation project 23 soldiers and their families have volunteered to paint and decorate the school's library, science laboratory and home economics room on Saturday (July 20) and Sunday (July 21).

The idea was the brainchild of Warrant Officer Trevor Lawrence who is a member of the Christian Alliance Church, affiliated to the school.