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SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1986
REAL INDEX OF
PAYROLL PER PERSON ENGAGED
(JUNE 1980 - 100)
% CHANGE
SELECTED MAJOR SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY
SEPT 84
SEPT 85
$EPT 85
ON SEPT 84
MANUFACTURING
114.1
119.4
+4.6
AND EXPORT
WHOLESALE AND
RETAIL, IMPORT
TRADES, AND
RESTAURANTS
AND HOTELS
FINANCING,
INSURANCE
REAL ESTATE
AND BUSINESS
SERVICES
109.4
120.7
+10.3
113.8
114.2
+0.4.
BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 1984 AND SEPTEMBER 1985, INCREASES OF 8.6 PER CENT. 14.4 PER CENT AND 4.1 PER CENT WERE REGISTERED IN THE NOMINAL INDEX OF PAYROLL PER PERSON ENGAGED IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR AND THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR RESPECTIVELY. OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE CORRESPONDING INCREASES IN THE REAL INDEX OF PAYROLL PER PERSON ENGAGED WERE 4.6 PER CENT, 10.3 PER CENT AND 0.4 PER CENT.
DETAILED BREAKDOWNS OF THE ABOVE STATISTICS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE QUARTERLY REPORT OF EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL STATISTICS, SEPTEMBER 1985, AVAILABLE AT HK$11 PER COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, GROUND FLOOR, CONNAUGHT PLACE, HONG KONG, AND AT THE SALES COUNTER OF THE 2. CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT AT ROOM 1904, KAI TAK COMMERCIAL BUILDING, 317 DES VOEUX ROAD CENTREL, HONG KONG.
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