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TABLE 3 : PER CAPITA EARNINGS
NOTE: DUE TO THE POSSIBLE INCLUSION OF IRREGULAR PAYMENTS (k.d. BACKPAY OR SPECIAL BONUS), "PER CAPITA EARNINGS" FOR Å GIVEN MONTH MAY BE SUBJECT TO RATHER VOLATILE FLUCTUATIONS FROM TIME TO TIME. THEREFORE, IT IS PARTICULARLY ADVISABLE, IN STUDYING PER CAPITA EARNINGS STATISTICS, NOT TO TAKE A GIVEN
GIVEN MONTH'S DATA IN ISOLATION, BUT TO MAKE REFERENCE TO DATA OVER A LONGER PERIOD.
PER CAPITA EARNINGS
AVERAGE
CHANGE WHEN COMPARED WITH
AS IN
INDUSTRY/SERVICES
AUGUST 1991
JULY 91 AUGUST $6
(HK$)
(%)
(2)
ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
FOOD AND DRINKS
6,887
+1
+18
WEARING APPAREL
TEXTILES
7,603 5,420
8,356
PLASTIC PRODUCTS
6,482
FABRICATED METAL
6,804
11+++
-2
+11
+2
48
:
+3
+15
-1
+13
+2
+15
PRODUCTS
ELECTRICAL AND
7,124
+4
+23
ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS
OTHERS
8,578
+13
CONSTRUCTION #
9,590
71
-1
+13
SERVICES
BANKS
11,605
+3
+12
10,380
+10
HOTELS
7,203
-8
+13
PUBLIC UTILITIES
11,387
- 1
+12
OTHERS
13,973
+12
+15
* CHANGES WITHIN +/- 0.5%
# PER CAPITA EARNINGS COVER COMPANY EMPLOYEES ONLY; SITE WORKERS
EMPLOYED BY LABOUR-ONLY SUB-CONTRACTORS ARE NOT INCLUDED.
NOTE TO TABLES 1 3 :
UNLIKE
—
"ORDERS-ON-HAND" AND "PER CAPITA BARNINGS", WHICH ARB AVERAGE FIGURES AMONGST THE COMPANIES SURVEYED, THE TOTAL 13 NOT PERSONS ENGAGED BY THE COMPANIES SURVEYED MEANINGFUL INFORMATION ON ITS OWN (BECAUSE THIS IS A PANEL SURVEY) AND IS THEREFORE NOT SHOWN.
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