WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1980
ON EXPENDITURE, RESTAURANTS’HERE THE ONLY ACTIVITY WHICH SPENT MORE ON LABOUR THAN ON OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES. IMPORT/EXPORT TRADE WAS AT THE OTHER EXTREME, WITH THE VALUE OF OTHER OPERATING COSTS TWICE THAT OF LABOUR Cost.
IN TERMS OF SALES AND OTHER RECEIPTS WITHIN EACH ACTIVITY, ESTABLISHMENTS ENGAGING 10 TO 19 PERSONS WERE THE MOST IMPORTANT GROUP IN WHOLESALE ACTIVITY, CONTRIBUTING 27 PER CENT OF TOTAL TURNOVER.
A SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT PATTERN WAS FOUND IN RETAIL BUSINESSES IN WHICH ESTABLISHMENTS ENGAGING ONE TO FOUR PERSONS AND THOSE WITH 50 OR MORE PERSONS EACH CONTRIBUTED 25 PER CENT OF TOTAL SALES AND OTHER RECEIPTS.
IN IMPORT/EXPORT TRADE, 64 ESTABLISHMENTS ENGAGING 100 OR MORE PERSONS, OR ABOUT ONE HALF PER CENT OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS, ACCOUNTED FOR 22 PER CENT OF TOTAL SALES AND OTHER RECEIPTS.
RESTAURANTS WITH 100 OR MORE PERSONS WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR OVER 43 PER CENT OF TOTAL SALES WHILE IN HOTELS/BOARDING HOUSES 89 PER CENT OF TOTAL SALES WERE SHARED BY THOSE ENGAGING 100 OR MORE PERSONS.
BY CENSUS DISTRICT, SHEUNG WAN AND ISLAND WEST WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT DISTRICT IN WHOLESALE ACTIVITY, ACCOUNTING FOR 24 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF WHOLESALE ESTABLISHMENTS AND 30 PËR CENT OF THE IR TOTAL SALES.
THE NEXT IMPORTANT DISTRICT WAS CHEUNG SHA WAN AND SHEK KIP MEI, FOLLOWED BY YAU MA TEI.
THE NEW TERRITORIES (EXCLUDING TSUEN WAN) HAD THE LARGEST NUMBER OF RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY THE DISTRICT KAI TAK AND SAN PO KONG. THE TWO DISTRICTS TAKEN TOGETHER ACCOUNTED FOR 24 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF RETAILERS.
IN TERMS OF SALES AND OTHER RECEIPTS, TSIM SHA TSUI WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT DISTRICT, CONTRIBUTING 18 PER CENT OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES.
SHEUNG WAN AND ISLAND WEST, CENTRAL AND TSIM SHA TSUI WERE THE MOST PROMINENT AREAS IN IMPORT/EXPORT BUSINESS. SHEUNG WAN AND ISLAND WEST HAD THE LARGEST NUMBER OF IMPORTERS/EXPORTERS, WITH A 20 PER CENT SHARE OF TOTAL SALES, CENTRAL, WITH THE SECOND LARGEST NUMBER OF IMPORT/EXPORT ESTABLISHMENTS, CONTRIBUTED 40 PER CENT OF TOTAL BUSINESS TURNOVER, AND TSIM SHA TSUI, 15 PER CENT.
THE NEW TERRITORIES (EXCLUDING TSUEN WAN) HAD THE LARGEST NUMBER OF RESTAURANTS BUT CONTRIBUTED ONLY SEVEN PER CENT OF TOTAL BUSINESS TURNOVER, DISTRICTS WITH THE LARGEST TURNOVERS WERE WAN CHAI (INCLUDING CAUSEWAY BAY), YAU MA TEI AND TSIM SHA TSUI, EACH CONTRIBUTING 14 PER CENT, 12 PER CENT AND 11 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY TO TOTAL SALES AND OTHER RECEIPTS,
NINETY-TWO PER CENT OF THE HOTEL BUSINESS WAS ATTRIBUTED TO THE DISTRICTS, TSIM SHA TSUI, CENTRAL, AND WAN CHAI (INCLUDING CAUSEWAY BAY). CENTRAL HAD ONLY THREE HOTELS BUT WITH A TURNOVER OF 21 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL.