TABLE 3: PER CAPITA EARNINGS
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INDUSTRY/SERVICES
PER CAPITA EARNINGS
AVERAGE AS IN AUGUST 1988
CHANGE WHEN COMPARED WITH
JUL. 88
AUG. 87
(HK$)
(%)
(%)
ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
4,412
+17
FOOD AND DRINKS
5,011
+15
WEARING APPAREL
3.745
+3
+12
TEXTILES
4,612
+10
+11
PLASTIC PRODUCTS
4,316
+19
+23
FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS
4,330
+3
+21
ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC
PRODUCTS
4,207
+1
+22
OTHERS
5,539
+3
+15
CONSTRUCTION
6,343
+3
+20
SERVICES
BANKS
HOTELS
PUBLIC UTILITIES
OTHERS
CHANGES WITHIN +/-
—
0.5%
NOTES TO TABLES
7,731
+3
+20
7,053
+2
+16
4,833
-12
+22
8,160
+6
+29
8.549
+2
+8
**PER
CAPITA
1-3: UNLIKE "ORDERS-ON-HAND" AND
EARNINGS" WHICH ARE AVERAGE FIGURES AMONGST THE FIRMS SURVEYED, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS ENGAGED 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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