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TABLE 2: EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS
INDUSTRY/
SERVICES
PERSONS ENGAGED AT THE END OF SEP. 1987
INCREASE OVER
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1987
PER CAPITA EARNINGS
INCREASE OVER
AUG. 87 SEP. 86
IN SEP. 87 AUG. 87 SEP. 86
(%)
(X)
(HK$)
(%)
(%)
MANUFACTURING
-2
-3
3,741
-
12
FOOD AND DRINKS
2
4,473
2
WEARING APPAREL
-2
-7
3,212
10
TEXTILES
3.866
-7
12
PLASTIC PRODUCTS
-
-8
-15
3,644
4
11
FABRICATED METAL
PRODUCTS
ELECTRICAL AND
1
3,644
2
11
ELECTRONIC
PRODUCTS
OTHERS
CONSTRUCTION
SERVICES
BANKS
HOTELS
PUBLIC UTILITIES
OTHERS
-3
- 1
3,491
18
-1
-3
4,838
1
10
7
5,494
17
2
6,620
2
10
5,867
-4
10
4.027
1
18
- 1
7,121
13
8
*
6
7,389
-7
12
* CHANGES WITHIN +/- 0.5%
# PERSONS ENGAGED COVER COMPANY EMPLOYEES ONLY; SITE WORKERS
EMPLOYED BY LABOUR-ONLY SUB-CONTRACTORS ARE NOT INCLUDED.
NOTE:
UNLIKE "ORDERS-ON-HAND" AND "PER CAPITA EARNINGS" WHICH ARR AVERAGE FIGURES, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS ENGAGED BY THE FIRMS SURVEYED 13 NOT MEANINGFUL INFORMATION ON ITS OWN (BECAUSE THIS IS A PANEL SURVEY) AND IS THEREFORE NOT SHOWN.
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