MONDAY, MAY 2, 1977
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1973 CENSUS OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION REPORT VOLUME |
ON SALE NOW ***
VOLUME 1 OF THE REPORT ON THE 1973 CENSUS OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, COMPILED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE IN THE GENERAL POST OFFICE, CONNAUGHT PLACE.
ALSO AVAILABLE IS VOLUME I WHICH WAS PUBLISHED IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR.
VOLUME 1 CONTAINS SUMMARIZED STATISTICS AND A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE CENSUS OPERATION AND METHODS WHILE VOLUME II PROVIDES FURTHER BREAKDOWNS OF THE CENSUS RESULTS IN FIVE PARTS AS FOLLOWS:-
PART FOOD, BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO, MINING AND QUARRYING,
ELECTRICITY AND GAS.
PART 2 TEXTILES, WEARING APPAREL, LEATHER PRODUCTS AND FOOTWEAR.
PART 3 WOOD PRODUCTS, FURNITURE, PAPER PRODUCTS, PRINTING AND
PUBLISHING. -
PART 4 CHEMICAL PRODUCTS, RUBBER PRODUCTS, PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND
NON-METALLIC MINERAL PRODUCTS.
PART 5 BASIC METALS, FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS, MACHINERY AND
TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT, PHOTOGRAPHIC AND OPTICAL GOODS AND OTHER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, TOGETHER WITH SUMMARIES FOR ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES.
THE PRICES PER COPY ARE: $6 FOR PART 1, $9 FOR EACH PARTS 3 AND 4, AND $17 FOR EACH OF PARTS 2 AND 5. THE PRICE FOR VOLUME I IS $30.
IN RELEASING VOLUME 11 OF THE CENSUS REPORT, A SPOKESMAN OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THE CENSUS WAS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN HONG KONG PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE STATISTICS ON THE STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE OF ALL LOCAL INDUSTRIES,
ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, SOME 30,542 MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS WERE IN OPERATION DURING 1973, ENGAGING 713,688 PERSONS. THESE ESTABLISHMENTS TOGETHER SOLD $31,520 MILLION WORTH OF GOODS OR INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INCURRED $6,323 MILLION AS LABOUR COST, AND PRUCHASED $21,377 MILLION WORTH OF MATERIALS, SUPPLIES, FUELS, WATER, ELECTRICITY AND INDUSTRIAL SERVICES. GROSS OUTPUT FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR WAS VALUED AT $31,961 MILLION AND THE VALUE ADDED BY MANUFACTURING PROCESS AT $11,544 MILLION. THE LARGEST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES. IN TERMS OF VALUE ADDED, WERE TEXTILES, WEARING APPAREL, ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND ELECTRONICS, PLASTICS, FABRICATED METÁL PRODUCTS, TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT, AND PRINTING AND PUBLISHING.
TWO ARTICLES, DESCRIBING THE SPECIAL FEATURES OF HONG KONG'S INDUSTRIES ON THE BASIS OF THE CENSUS RESULTS, WERE PUBLISHED IN THE HONG KONG MONTHLY DIGEST OF STATISTICS OF JULY 1975 AND JANUARY 1976. FURTHER ENQUIRES ABOUT THE CENSUS RESULTS MAY BE MADE TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT AT 5-444734.
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