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HONG KONG TELNO 459: ANNUAL REPORT ON HONG KONG.
BELOW ARE A FEW MINOR AMENDMENTS TO TUR.
A. PARA 10, LINE 5: THE WORD QUOTE TRENDS UNQUOTE SHOULD READ QUOTE GROWTH UNQUOTE.
B. PARA 12: PLEASE AMEND THE FIRST SENTENCE TO READ QUOTE PARA 32: PLEASE REPLACE THE SECOND SENTENCE WITH QUOTE THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE SERVICE SECTORS AS A WHOLE TO GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT ROSE FROM 64 PERCENT IN 1985 TO 69 PERCENT IN 1990: AND THEIR RELATIVE SHARE IN EMPLOYMENT INCREASED FROM 55 PERCENT IN 1986 TO 63 PERCENT IN 1991. UNQUOTE.
WE PREFER TO USE 1986 AND 1991 AS THE REFERENCE YEARS FOR COMPARING THE RELATIVE SHARE OF THE SERVICE SECTORS IN EMPLOYMENT BECAUSE POPULATION CENSUS OR BY-CENSUS WERE CONDUCTED IN THE TWO YEARS AND THE FIGURES ARE THEREFORE MORE RELIABLE. THE LATEST AVAILABLE FIGURE OF CONTRIBUTION OF THE SERVICE SECTORS TO GDP IS THAT OF 1990.
C. PARA 16, LINE 2: PLEASE AMEND QUOTE OPERATION UNQUOTE TO READ QUOTE OPERATION UNQUOTE.
D. PARA 27, LINE 2: PLEASE AMEND QUOTE 27,000 UNQUOTE TO READ QUOTE 27,800 UNQUOTE.
E. PARA 28, LINE 2: AMEND QUOTE HEROIN ABUSES UNQUOTE TO READ QUOTE HEROIN ABUSERS UNQUOTE.
2. APOLOGIES FOR THE ERRORS.
WILSON
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