Comparison of selected principal statistics for all establishments in the Storage, Communication,
Financing, Insurance and Business Services Industries between 1991 and. 1992.
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Number of Number of establish-
Industry
ments
persons engaged
Compen- Number of sation of employees employees
Value of purchases Operating of goods
expenses
for Bale
Business
receipte and other income
Value added
Gross surplus
SHA.
SMn.
SMA.
$Mn.
$Mn.
$Mn.
Storage
1992
244
5 616
5 611
1991
222
5 055
change
(+10)
(+11)
4 998 (+12)
673.4 531.1 (+27)
2,541.2 2,175.4 (+17)
3,702.4 3,303.9 (+12)
Communication
1992
472
31 078
1991
422
change
(+12)
26 324 (+18)
30 584 25 623 (+39)
4,820.7 3,614.8 (+33)
9,119.4
1,326.9
7,528.5
Financing
(except
banking)
1992 1991 change
3 807
3 723 (+2)
38 267 37 859 (+1)
36 998 36 491 (+1)
9,288.2 7,791.0 (+19)
(+21)
20,755.2 23,643.2 (-12)
1,134.7 (+17)
Business
Services
1992 1991
15 544
13 207
* change
(+18)
110 476 97 615 (+13)
98 874 86 522 (+14)
14,097.5 11,267.7 (+25)
23,234.9
1,178.6
17,984.4
1,140.7
(+29)
(+3)
26,1
,137.7 21,432.9 (+22)
70,190.0 68,418.9 (+3)
48,293.7 39,110.5 (+23)
1,369.1 1,255.3 (+9)
15,544.7
487.8
597.5
(-18)
10,870.6
12,710.9 (+22)
7,518.7 5,563.5 (+35)
22,914.6 19,030.4 (+20)
9,154.9
(+19)
40,146.6
36,984.7
(+9)
9,782.7 8,717.7
(+12)
Insurance
1992 1991
1 850
$ change
I 929 (-4)
24 045 23 201 (+4)
22 954 22 291 (+3)
4,431.4 3,729.3 (+19)
2,689.1
20,617.9
2,409.8 (+12)
23,906.1
(+20)
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Notes : (1) In the financing (except banking)industry, value added was not compiled for investment and holding companies owing to the special features of their business operations. Hence, total value added calculated for the industry did not include that of investment and holding companies.
(2) In the insurance industry, both value added and gross surplus were not compiled.
(3) Percentage change figures are derived from unrounded figures.
The
(4) Value added is a measure of the contribution of an economic sector/industry to Hong Kong's Gross Domantic Product.
definition can be found in the "1992 Survey of Storage, Communication, Pinancing, Insurance and Business Services" Report.
THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1994