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4.

The manufacturing establishments and trading firms interviewed manufacture/trade a wide variety of goods, including garments, knitwear, furs, toys (including stuffed, plastic and electronic), clocks and watches, electronic and electrical.

products, audio and visual equipment (e.g. radios and television sets), magnetic products, footwear, handbags, computer hardware and accessories, household electrical appliances, etc.

5.

For the 72 manufacturing establishments heavily engaged in OP business and the 24 trading firms dealing with products produced by OP, their distribution in terms of the time

they started OP business is as follows :

Year of starting

OP business

Manufacturing establishments

heavily engaged in OP

time when

Trading firms dealing with OP products

Late 1970's

9

Early-mid 1980's

38

Late 1980's

25

For the manufacturing

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12

9

establishments

engaged

in little ОР

business, they all started their OP business in the late 1980's.

6.

It should however be noted that owing to resources

constraint and the nature of the consultation visits, the selection of manufacturing establishments and trading firms for interview was not done entirely scientifically. Emphasis was given to the larger companies, particularly the more co-operative

ones who are more willing to give their views. Furthermore,

fairly high rank officers (e.g. economists and statisticians) were required to conduct in-depth interviews with staff of the

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