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ESTABLISHMENTS IN THESE LOCATIONS TOGETHER ACCOUNTED FOR 65 PER CENT AND 66 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY OF THE GROSS OUTPUT AND VALUE ADDED OF THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR. TABLE B GIVES THE DETAILS.
ABOUT 77 PER CENT OF THE GROSS OUTPUT AND 74 PER CENT OF THE VALUE ADDED BY THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR WERE GENERATED BY LIMITED COMPANIES. IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS, HOWEVER, NEARLY TWO-THIRDS OF THE MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS WERE SOLE PROPRIETORSHIPS WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR 15 PER CENT OF THE GROSS OUTPUT AND 17 PER CENT OF VALUE ADDED BY THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR. THE REST OF THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR CONSISTED OF PARTNERSHIP UNDERTAKINGS. DETAILS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE C.
THE NUMBER OF MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS ENGAGING LESS THAN 10 PERSONS AMOUNTED TO 33 294 OR 67 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL. HOWEVER, THEY ACCOUNTED FOR ONLY 7 PER CENT OF THE GROSS OUTPUT AND 9 PER CENT OF THE VALUE ADDED BY THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR. IN CONTRAST, ESTABLISHMENTS ENGAGING 100 OR MORE PERSONS, WHICH AMOUNTED TO ONLY 1 633 OR ABOUT 3 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL, CONTRIBUTED OVER HALF OF THE SECTOR'S GROSS OUTPUT AND VALUE ADDED. DETAILS ARE PROVIDED IN TABLE D.
THE 1984 SURVEY WAS ONE IN A SERIES OF ANNUAL INDUSTRIAL SURVEYS CONDUCTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF UPDATING THE ESTIMATES OF THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR'S CONTRIBUTION TO HONG KONG'S GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT AND ASCERTAINING THE OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS OF DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES.
SUMMARY STATISTICS FROM THE 1984 SURVEY OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE FORTHCOMING JUNE 1986 ISSUE OF THE HONG KONG MONTHLY DIGEST OF STATISTICS.
A MORE DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE RESULTS OBTAINED FROM THE 1984 SURVEY WILL BE GIVEN IN THE SURVEY REPORT TO BE PUBLISHED NEAR THE END OF JULY,
IN THE MEANTIME, ENQUIRIES REGARDING THE SURVEY MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (AT 3-7213578).
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