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(i)
Investment intentions
among
tended to vary
industries in the third quarter of 1990. Manufacturers in the knitwear and
the spinning and weaving sub-sectors of the textiles and clothing industries, as
in the electronics
well
as
those
industry seemed to be
more willing to
invest in plant and machinery than
others.
(ii) For the textiles industry, the sales of spinning, weaving and knitting machines
were reported to have risen in the third
quarter of 1990 over a year earlier,
sales of dyeing machines
For the clothing industry,
while the
declined.
the sales of machinery for making cut-and-sewn garment remained steady.
(iii) Investment activity in the plastics
(iv)
industry
remained generally quiet.
The
major local suppliers of plastic injection moulding
moulding machines reported a mixed sales performance.
Investment in the metal products industry was relatively stable. For the two major suppliers of machine tools,
one reported a considerable increase in
sales in the third quarter over a year earlier, while the other reported
moderate decline in sales.
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(v)
Many
manufacturers in the
industry were optimistic
business prospects in the
electronics
about
their
foreseeable
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