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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1994
ARTICLE STUDIES LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY OF MANUFACTURING SECTOR
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THE JULY
1994
STATISTICS CONTAINS
PRODUCTIVITY OF THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR BETWEEN FACTORS AFFECTING ITS VARIATIONS.
MONTHLY ISSUE OF THE HONG KONG
THE TREND IN ARTICLE STUDYING
LABOUR AN
1981 AND 1991 AND
DIGEST
OF
THE SPECIAL REVIEW ARTICLE
IS ENTITLED "LABOUR
PRODUCTIVITY
OF THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN HONG KONG, 1981-1991".
IN THE
LABOUR PERIOD, THE
PRODUCTIVITY INDEX OF MANUFACTURING SECTOR GREW AT AN ANNUAL AVERAGE RATE OF 9.9 PER CENT.
THE
THE
THE PACE OF PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT IN THE SECOND HALF OF
ANNUM, WAS SLIGHTLY FASTER PERIOD, AVERAGING AT 10.3 PER CENT PER THAN THAT IN THE FIRST HALF, WHICH WAS 9.5 PER CENT PER ANNUM.
LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY INDEX IS COMPILED INDEX TO AN INDEX OF LABOUR INPUT.
INDEX
FOR
BY RELATING AN OUTPUT
AN
INDUSTRY
PRODUCTIVITY THE LABOUR REFLECTS CHANGE IN OUTPUT OF THE INDUSTRY OVER THE DISCOUNTING THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF TWO PERIODS.
FROM ANOTHER ANGLE, THE INDEX REFLECTS PER UNIT LABOUR INPUT IN THE REFERENCE PERIOD.
1994
IN
A
YEAR
BASE YEAR, AFTER
LABOUR INPUT IN THE
THE CHANGE IN OUTPUT
THE HONG KONG ISSUE OF THE JULY STATISTICS IS AVAILABLE AT $48 A COPY.
OF
IT
MONTHLY
DIGEST OF
USED SOCIAL COMMONLY
AND IT CONTAINS A
VOLUME LARGE
THE AT CAN BE PURCHASED ECONOMIC
INFORMATION. STATISTICAL
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SECTION OF
SEPTEMBER SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT AND VACANCIES
THE
CENSUS AND STATISTICS
IN
DEPARTMENT HAS STARTED A QUARTERLY
AND
RESPECT OF SEPTEMBER
SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT AND VACANCIES TO COLLECT DATA ON EMPLOYMENT VACANCIES
MAJOR SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY IN
1994.
THE SURVEY
RESULTS
ARE
USEFUL
IN
SERVING
THE
AS LATEST
SHORT-TERM CHANGES
BCONOMIC INDICATORS AND PROVIDING INFORMATION ON IN THE LABOUR MARKET.
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