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THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1991
GEOGRAPHICAL THE
LOCATION OF MANUFACTURING AS REGARDS
KWAI CHUNG. ESTABLISHMENTS, THE MOST IMPORTANT AREAS WERE "TSUEN WAN, TSING YI" AND "NGAU TAU KOK, KWUN TONG, LEI YUE MUN”.
ESTABLISHMENTS IN THESE LOCATIONS TOGETHER ACCOUNTED FOR 48 PER OF THE CENT OF THE GROSS OUTPUT AND 45 PER CENT OF THE VALUE ADDED MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY.
WHEN
SIZES OF MANUFACTURING ANALYSED BY THE EMPLOYMENT
OF THE ESTABLISHMENTS, THE STATISTICS SHOWED THAT ABOUT 71 PER CENT
10 TOTAL NUMBER OF MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS HAD ENGAGED LESS THAN PERSONS.
PER
OUTPUT,
HOWEVER, THESE SMALL ESTABLISHMENTS ONLY ACCOUNTED FOR 10 CENT,
11 PER CENT AND 16 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY OF THE GROSS VALUE ADDED AND TOTAL WORKFORCE OF THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY.
NUMBER OF IN CONTRAST, ONLY ABOUT TWO PER CENT OF THE TOTAL MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS HAD ENGAGED 100 OR MORE PERSONS, BUT THEY ACCOUNTED FOR ABOUT 47 PER CENT OF THE GROSS OUTPUT, 47 PER VALUR ADDED
AND 39 PER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY.
CBNT OF THE TOTAL
WORKFORCE
CENT OF OF THE
THE 1989 SURVEY OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION WAS ONE IN A SERIES OF
BY THE CENSUS AND CONDUCTED ANNUAL ECONOMIC SURVEYS
THE STRUCTURE AND DEPARTMENT
FOR ASCERTAINING
OF THE
ECONOMIC RELEVANT
ACTIVITIES,
CHARACTERISTICS ESTIMATING THE CONTRIBUTION OF THESE ACTIVITIES TO THE GRO95 PRODUCT OF HONG KONG.
STATISTICS
OPERATING: AND FOR DOMESTIC
COVERED
APART FROM THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY, THE SURVEY ALSO ESTABLISHMENTS ENGAGED IN MINING AND QUARRYING AND IN THE SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY, GAS AND WATER.
SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR THE 1989 SURVEY OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION HONG KONG MONTHLY WILL BE INCLUDED) IN THE JUNE 1991 ISSUE OF THE
BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DIGEST OF STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
PUBLISHED
OF THE SURVEY
BE
MORE DETAILED RESULTA TOGETHER WITH THE DESCRIPTIONS BACKGROUND AND METHODOLOGY OF THE SURVEY WILL BE GIVEN IN THE REPORT ENTITLED "1989 SURVEY OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION", WHICH WILL
CENTRE, AVAILABLE FOR SALE NEXT MONTH AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS
CENTRAL; AND AT THE GROUND FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE,
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12 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI. 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER 1,
ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE
SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE
DIRECTED то THE
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TEL. 805 6441.
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