TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1987
OVER
THE
IT
TWO
DOES,
YEARS,
INCREASINGLY
COMPLETE
DATA
THE ESTIMATES OF THE GDP ARE
FOLLOWING
AS BECOME AVAILABLE AND, SYSTEMATICALLY REVISED AT HALF-YEARLY INTERVALS.
IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE VERY RAPID GROWTH OF THE ECONOMY
THAN USUAL WHEN 1986 MADE THE EXTRAPOLATION PROCESS MORE DIFFICULT
THIS PRODUCING THE PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES FOR 1986 AT THE BEGINNING OF IN REVISIONS
SOME SIGNIFICANT IT YEAR AND, AS
TURNED
SOME OUT, COMPONENTS HAVE BEEN NECESSARY.
FURTHER REVISIONS WILL INEVITABLY BE REQUIRED AS BECOME AVAILABLE.
FURTHER DATA
NOTE TO EDITORS;
THE FOLLOWING TABLE SHOWS DETAILED FIGURES OF THE
REVISED GDP
ESTIMATES.
REVISED
ESTIMATES OF GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT AT CONSTANT (1980) MARKET PRICES
1985 REVISED PROVISIONAL
1986 REVISED PRELIMINARY
ESTIMATES
HK$MN
X CHANGE OVER PREVIOUS YEAR
HK$MN
ESTIMATES
% CHANGE OVER PREVIOUS YEAR
PRIVATE
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
115,233
+4.2 (+5.5)
126, 154
+9.5 (+7.1)
GOVERNMENT·
CONSUMPTION
12,536
EXPENDITURE
+1.7 (+1.9)
13,304
+6.1 (+5.0)
GROSS DOMESTIC
FIXED
CAPITAL
46,537
FORMATION
-0.8 (-2.4)
50,003
+7.4 (+6.7)
TRANSFER COSTS
OF LAND AND
2,046
BUILDINGS
+43.2 (+43.2)
2,632
+28.6 (+29.7)
BUILDING AND
17,634
CONSTRUCTION
-7.7 (-8.4)
17,607
-0.2 (+0.1)
/PRIVATE 11,375