Orders-on-hand in manufacturing industries
3
THUESJAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1986
Orders-on-hand
% increase/ decrease over
Industry
in terms of months for September 1986
Aug. 86 Sep. 85
Wearing apparel
4.80
-2
Textiles
2.62
3
20
Plastic products
3.10
-J
-22
Fabricated metal products
4.01
25
Electrical and electronic products
5.05
2
Others
4.41
+
All above industries
4.34
-1
B. Employment and earnings
Persons engaged at the end of September 1986
%% increase/ decrease over
Per capita carning,
as in
% increase/ decrease over
Industry/Services
Aug. 86
Sep. 85
Manufacturing
-2
7
1
September 1986
(HK$)
3337
Aug. 86
Sep. 85
1
12
Food and drinks
-1
1
4 329
IN
3
14
Wearing apparel
-2
-8
2 791
12
Textiles
-1
1
3 462
-1
14
Plastic products
-6
6
3 306
13
23
Fabricated metal
-2
-5
3 166
6
14
products
Electrical and
-2
3
3 039
-2
?
electronic products
Others
-1
4 426
2
10
Construction*
-5
4 783
Services
6 178
IN 13
|8]
Banks
5
5 359
-
8
Hotels
1
- 1
3 857
-1
9
Fublic utilities
-3
6 608
11
7
Others
1
5
7 178
-11
8
Changes within ±0.5%
** Persona engaged cover company employees only; site workers employed by
labour-only sub-contractors not included.
Note: Unlike "orders-on-hand" and "per capite earnings" which are average figures,
the total no. of persons engaged by the firme surveyed is not meaningful information on its own because this is a panel survey and is therefore not shown.
/4