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"Information kept in the Central Register of Establishments is updated on a quarterly basis," a spokesman for the department said today (Monday).

"Updated information in respect of the third quarter of 1996 is now available. A sample listing containing 20 per cent of the records randomly selected from the Register is accessible by prospective users."

Application for the supply of non-confidential particulars (including the name, address, major type of economic activity and employment size class) of all or part of the listed records can be made to the Central Register of Establishments Section of the department.

The information can be supplied in the form of photocopies or specially-run magnetic tapes. A charge will be levied for this service, at the following rates:

$6.1 per page of photocopy for the first 20 pages and $1.4 for each additional page thereafter; or

a charge of about $1,000 for a job requiring special computer run (exact amount depending on the complexity of the job concerned), if the information is required on magnetic tapes. The magnetic tape can be provided by the applicant, or by the department at a charge of $143 per tape.

Further details about the provision of this service can be obtained from the Central Register of Establishments Section of the department on 2582 4760.

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Water storage figure

Storage in Hong Kong's reservoirs at 9 am today (Monday) stood at 78.7 per cent of capacity or 461.210 million cubic metres.

This time last year the reservoirs contained 470.396 million cubic metres of water, representing 80.3 per cent of capacity.

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