INDUSTRY/SERVICES
TABLE 3: PER CAPITA EARNINGS
SUNDAY, JULY 16, 1989
PER CAPITA EARNINGS
AVERAGE AS IN CHANGE WHEN COMPARED WITH
MAY 1989
APR. 89
MAY 88
ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
(HK$)
5,073
(%)
(%)
+2
+20
FOOD AND DRINKS
WEARING APPAREL
TEXTILES
PLASTIC PRODUCTS
5,572 4.143 5,134 5,062
1 + + +
-3
+16
+4
+19
+7
+8
+8
+34
FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS
4,719
+16
ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC
PRODUCTS
4,903
+2
+23
OTHERS
CONSTRUCTION#
SERVICES
BANKS
6,617
-1
+21
7,180
+1
+22
— —
8,343
-210
+19
8,211
+1
+20
HOTELS
PUBLIC UTILITIES
OTHERS
5.616
-8
+16
8,041
+2
+21
9,558
-47@
+15
CHANGES WITHIN +/-0.5 PER CENT
PER CAPITA EARNINGS COVER COMPANY EMPLOYEES EMPLOYED BY LABOUR-ONLY SUB-CONTRACTORS ARE NOT INCLUDED.
ONLY; SITE
WORKERS
THIS WAS DUE MAINLY TO SPECIAL BONUSES BEING ISSUED BY SOME OF COMPANIES IN APRIL 1989.
NOTES TO TABLES 1-3 :
UNLIKE
THE
"ORDERS-ON-HAND"
AND "PER
CAPITA AMONGST
NUMBER
EARNINGS", WHICH ARE AVERAGE FIGURES
OF THE FIRMS
THE TOTAL SURVEYED,
13 NOT PERSONS ENGAGED BY THE FIRMS SURVEYED
ON ITS OWN (BECAUSE MEANINGFUL INFORMATION
THIS IS A PANEL SURVEY) AND IS THEREFORE SHOWN.
NOT
15