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A. Orders-on-hand in manufacturing industries
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1986
Orders-on-hand
% increase/ decrease over
Industry
in terms of monthe for October 1986
Sep. 86
Oct. 85
Wearing apparel
4.80
•
9
Textiles
2.81
7
19
Plastic products
2.93
-5
-23
Fabricated metal producte
4.04
1
28
Electrical and electronic products
5.03
3
Others
4.43
All above industries
4.35
5
B. Imployment and earnings
Persons engaged at the
end of October 1986
A increase/ decrease over
Per capita earnings
as in October 1986
% increase/ decrease over
Industry/Services
Sep. 86
Oct. 85
(HK$)
Sep. 86
Oct. 85
lanufacturing
-1
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3 422
2
12
Food and drinks
1
4
3 971
-8
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5
Wearing apparel
-1
-9
2 943
5
12
Textiles
1
2
3 575
3
74
Flastic products
-5
4
3 238
19
Fabricated metal
-4
3 111
-2
5
products
Electrical and
-1
4
3 167
4
11
electronic products
Others
1
4 556
3
11
Construction**
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Services
Banks
IN R
4 742
−1
2
2
6 116
-1
10
UN
5
5 413
1
10
lotels
Public utilities
-1
3 894
1
8
-1
6 416
-3
11
Others
Changes within ±0.5%
5
7 255
1
10
** Iersona engaged cover company employees only; site workers employed by
labour-only sub-contractors not included.
hotellnlike "orders-on-hand" and per capita earnings" which are average figures,
the total no. of persons enged by the firms surveyed is not meaningful
information on its own because this is a panel survey and is therefore not shown.
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