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TABLE 2: EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS
INDUSTRY/
SERVICES
MANUFACTURING
FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1988
PERSONS ENGAGED AT THE END OF JANUARY 1988
CHANGE WHEN COMPARED WITH
PER CAPITA EARNINGS
CHANGE WHEN COMPARED
DEC. 87 JAN. 87
IN JAN. 88
WITH DEC. 87
JAN. 87
(%)
(%)
(HK$)
(%)
(%)
- 1
-2
4,967
+18
-12
FOOD AND DRINKS
+1
+3
5,747
+13
-11
WEARING APPAREL
-7
4,055
+10
-7
TEXTILES
-1
4,534
+3
-32
PLASTIC PRODUCTS
+2
-5
3,975
+9
-37
FABRICATED METAL
PRODUCTS
+1
+3
4,992
+30
-5
ELECTRICAL AND
ELECTRONIC
PRODUCTS
-2
4,921
+23
N
1
OTHERS
-1
-3
7,012
+29
8
CONSTRUCTION
SERVICES
+2
6,590
+11
-12
+2
9,053
+2
-1
BANKS
+3
8,194
-20
-4
HOTELS
+1
9,306
+65
-4
PUBLIC UTILITIES
- 1
9,041
+4
+9
OTHERS
+1
+9
10,009
+16
-7
*
CHANGES WITHIN +/- 0.5%
#
COVER
COMPANY
EMPLOYEES
ONLY;
SITE
WORKERS
PERSONS ENGAGED EMPLOYED BY LABOUR-ONLY SUB-CONTRACTORS ARE NOT INCLUDED,
NOTE: UNLIKE "ORDERS-ON-HAND" AND "PER
CAPITA EARNINGS" WHICH ARE AVERAGE FIGURES AMONGST THE FIRMS SURVEYED, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
THE FIRMS SURVEYED 18 PERSONS
NOT ENGAGED BY
MEANINGFUL, INFORMATION ON ITS OWN (BECAUSE THIS IS A PANEL SURVEY) AND THEREFORE NOT SHOWN.
IS
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