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Table 3: Per capita earnings
Note: Due to the possible inclusion of irregular payments (e.g. backpay or special bonus), "per capita earnings" for a 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 month's data in isolation, but to make reference to data over a longer period.
Per capita carnings
Average as in
Change when compared with
Industry/Services
October 1992
(HK$)
Sep. 92
(%)
Oct. 91
(%)
All manufacturers surveyed
Food and drinks
8.158
+1
+16
8,538
+1
+12
Wearing apparel
6,050
+5
+12
Textiles
7,390
+2
+12
Plastic products
8,311
-11
+16
Fabricated metal products
7,740
-3
+12
Electrical and clectronic products
8,592
+20
Others
10,138
+16
Construction #i
11.125
Services
12.687
Banks
11,748
Hotels
Public utilitics
Others
8,006
12,974 14,107
* 1997
+7
+11
+13
+11
+8
+12
* Changer within ±0.5%
#Per capita earnings cover company employees only; site workers employed by labour-only sub-contractors are not included.
Note to Tables 1-$: Unlike "orders-on-hand" and "per capita earnings", which are average figures amongst the companies surveyed,
the total number of persons engaged by the companies surveyed is not meaningful information on its own (because this is a panel survey) sad is therefore not shown.
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