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MOKNDAY, JULY 8, 1991
SUMMARY RESULTS OF 1989 SURVEY OF TRANSPORT AND RELATED SERVICES
IN
AND
OPERATION A TOTAL OF 35,638 TRANSPORT ESTABLISHMENTS WERE
AS IN 1988, THE WHOLE DURING
OR PART OF 1989, VIRTUALLY THE SAME ACCORDING TO THE SUMMARY RESULTS OF THE 1989 SURVEY OF TRANSPORT RELATED SERVICES RELEASED TODAY (MONDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND DEPARTMENT.
STATISTICS
THEY ENGAGED, IN TOTAL, 160,195 PERSONS, AN INCREASE OF 5% OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
IN 1989,
THESE ESTABLISHMENTS GENERATED $114,578 $14,115 BUSINESS RECEIPTS AND OTHER INCOME, AND SPENT COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES AND $87,814 MILLION ON OPERATING
WHEN COMPARED WITH 1988, BUSINESS RECEIPTS AND
24%; INCREASED BY 18%; COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES BY EXPENSES BY 22%.
VALUE ALL
RELEASE
ON
MILLION OF MILLION EXPENSES.
OTHER INCOME AND OPERATING
ARE EXPRESSED
IN
THESE FIGURES
IN THIS PRESS FIGURES CURRENT PRICE TERMS. PERCENTAGE CHANGES DERIVED FROM HAVE NOT BEEN ADJUSTED FOR PRICE INCREASES.
FROM
THE SECTOR'S VALUE ADDED GREW BY 8% TO $30,882 MILLION IN 1989,
A MEASURE
THE OF IN 1988. VALUE ADDED IS MILLION $28,535
DOMESTIC KONG'S GROSS OF AN ECONOMIC SECTOR TO HONG
CONTRIBUTION PRODUCT.
ANALYSED BY MAJOR TRANSPORT GROUP, THE SURVEY INDICATED THAT, SUCH AS ESTABLISHMENTS IN
1989, "SERVICES INCIDENTAL TO TRANSPORT", ENGAGED IN AIR FREIGHT/SHIPPING FORWARDING, PACKING AND CRATING GOODS FOR TRANSPORTATION, AND TRAVEL AGENTS AND SHIPBROKERS, HAD THE LARGEST SHARE OF BUSINESS RECRIPTS AND OTHER INCOME, AT $53,784 MILLION OR 47% OF THE SECTOR TOTAL.
UP 17%;
WATER
COASTAL AND "OCEAN TOOK "AIR TRANSPORT"
9%; TRANSPORT" ACCOUNTED FOR ANOTHER 15%; "LAND PASSENGER TRANSPORT"
TRANSPORT"
TO SERVICES
LAND "LAND FREIGHT TRANSPORT" 5%; "SUPPORTING SERVICES TO WATER
4%; "INLAND WATER TRANSPORT" 2%; AND "SUPPORTING
TRANSPORT" IX.
"AIR TRANSPORT" AND "LAND PASSENGER TRANSPORT" CONTRIBUTED AND 23%, RESPECTIVELY, OF THE TOTAL VALUE ADDED OF THE SECTOR.
28%
BY "OCEAN
THE SECTOR'S REMAINING VALUE-ADDED WAS CONTRIBUTED
WATER AND COASTAL WATER TRANSPORT" (16%); "SERVICES INCIDENTAL TO TRANSPORT" (11%); "LAND FREIGHT TRANSPORT" (10%); "SUPPORTING SERVICES TO
WATER "INLAND (6%); TRANSPORT" SERVICES TO LAND TRANSPORT"
·
(2%).
TRANSPORT"
(4%); AND "SUPPORTING
/WHEN COMPARED