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TABLE 2: EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS
INDUSTRY/
SERVICES
PERSONS ENGAGED AT THE END OF AUG. 1987
INCREASE OVER
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1987
PER CAPITA EARNINGS
INCREASE OVER
JUL. 87 AUG. 86
IN AUG. 87 JUL. 87 AUG. 86
(%)
(%)
(HK$)
(%)
(%)
MANUFACTURING
-4
-3
3,762
3
14
FOOD AND DRINKS
1
4,347
-
4
WEARING APPAREL
-2
-7
3.344
2
12
TEXTILES
- 1
2
4,158
8
19
PLASTIC PRODUCTS
-12
-12
3,502
14
21
FABRICATED METAL
PRODUCTS
-2
-1
3,570
1
15
ELECTRICAL AND
ELECTRONIC
PRODUCTS
-6
3,455
2
12
OTHERS
-2
-2
4,802
11
CONSTRUCTION
1
10
5,274
1
11
SERVICES
6,465
9
BANKS
HOTELS
1
5
6,081
3
13
3,968
15
PUBLIC UTILITIES
6,302
-8
6
OTHERS
1
7
7,919
8
7
*
CHANGES WITHIN +/- 0.5%
ENGAGED
COMPANY COVER
PERSONS EMPLOYED BY LABOUR-ONLY SUB-CONTRACTORS ARE NOT INCLUDED.
EMPLOYEES
SITE ONLY;
WORKERS
NOTE:
UNLIKE "ORDERS-ON-HAND" AND "PER
CAPITA EARNINGS"
WHICH
ARK
AVERAGE FIGURES,
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
FIRMS SURVEYED
IS NOT MEANINGFUL
PERSONS ENGAGED BY ON ITS INFORMATION
THE
OWN
(BECAUSE THIS IS A PANEL SURVEY) AND IS THEREFORE NOT SHOWN.
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