SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1983
REGARDING THE VALUE ADDED CONTENT IN GROSS OUTPUT FOR THE VARIOUS INDUSTRY GROUPS, THOSE HAVING A HIGHER-THAN-AVERAGE LEVEL RELATIVE TO THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR AS A WHOLE WERE PAPER PRODUCTS AND PRINTING (34%), PLASTIC PRODUCTS (31%), FOOD, BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO (30%), LEATHER AND WOODEN PRODUCTS (29%), AND WEARING APPAREL (29%). INDUSTRY GROUPS HAVING A HIGHER-THAN-AVERAGE CONTENT OF COMPENSATION TO EMPLOYEES IN VALUE ADDED WERE LEATHER AND WOODEN PRODUCTS (80%), WEARING APPAREL (78%), PLASTIC PRODUCTS (71%), AND METAL PRODUCTS, MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT (72%).
B. ANALYSIS BY GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
DISTRICT
NO. OF MFG. EST.
COMP. OF EMPLOYEES
CONSUMPTION OF MATERIALS, SUPPLIES AND INDUSTRIAL
SERVICES
GROSS
NAT. ACCTS.
VALUE
OUTPUT
ADDED
(SMN)
($MN)
(SMN) (SMN)
RONG KONG
ISLAND
6 753
3 003
11 002
16 723 4 516
KOWLOON
9 259
3 034
8 723
13 560
3 883
NEW KOWLOON
14 158
8 099
28 746
42 703
11 169
TSUEN WAN
KHAI CHUNG,
7 571
4 564
18 624
27 471
6 952
TSING YI
REST OF N.T.
2 921
1 182
ALL DISTRICTS
40 660
19 883
5 186
72 281
7 433
107 890
1 812
28 331
REGARDING THE LOCATIONS OF INDUSTRIES. NEW KOWLOON WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT MANUFACTURING ZONE, FOLLOWED BY THE TSUEN WAN AND KWAI CHUNG DISTRICT. THEY TOGETHER ACCOUNTED FOR $70 174 MILLION WORTH OF GROSS OUTPUT (OR 65% OF THE CORRESPONDING TOTAL OF MANUFACTURING) AND $18 121 MILLION WORTH OF VALUE ADDED (OR 64% OF THE TOTAL VALUE ADDED GENERATED FROM MANUFACTURING).
TYPE OF OWNERSHIP
C. ANALYSIS BY TYPE OF OWNERSHIP
NO. OF MFG. EST.
COMP. OF EMPLOYEES
($MN)
CONSUMPTION OF MATERIALS, SUPPLIES AND
INDUSTRIAL SERVICES
(SMN)
NAT.
ACCTS.
GROSS
VALUE OUTPUT ADDED
(SMN)
($MN)
LIMITED COMPANY
6 440
13 107
54 666
/SOLE
79 532 19 574