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Comparison of selected principal statistics for all establishments in the Storage,
Communications, Financing (except banking), Insurance and Business Services Industries between 1993 and 1994
Number of Number of
establish-
Value of purchases
Business receipts
Industry
ments
persons engaged
Number of Compensation
Operating
employees of employees
expenses
of goods for sale
and other income
Value added
Gross surplus
$Mn.
$Mn.
$Mn.
$Mn.
SMn.
$Mn
Storage
1994
319
5517
5 457
782.5
3,217.5
4,419.1
1,278,9
419,0
1993
249
5 391
5.389
700.0
2,686.3
3,852.6
1,267.7
466.3
% change
+28
+2
+1
+12
+20
+15
+1
-10
Communications
1994
623
34 955
34 605
6,418.8
16,474.2
2,444.2
39,506,0
1993
567
33 708
33 266
% change
+10
+4
+4
5,548.0
+16
14,212.3
+16
1,699.4
+44
34,116.4
+16
20,439.4 18,058.1
+13
14,168.8 12,656.7
+12
Financing
1994
4.913
47 073
45 967
(except
1993
4 135
banking)
% change
+19
40 876
+15
39 261
+17
14,721.5 11,732,6
+25
33,052.2
24,509.6
+35
-
105,712,0 95,281.4
+11
12,726.6 12,535.5
+2
57.938.3 59,039.1
-2
Business
Services
1994 1993
21 832
126 368
113 553
16 928
111 489
100 178
% change
+29
+13
+13
18,682.3 14,939.4
+25
33,693.1 25,504.4
+32
1,042.5 1,584.2 -34
65,190.3 52,963.4
+23
29.717.3
24,764.0
+20
11,772.4 10,935.5
+8
Insurance
1994 1993
2 454
29 179
27 731
6,233.5
2 306
25 120
23 917
% change
+6
+16
+16
5,073.1
+23
3,442.0 2,830.2
+22
41,468.3 34,503.7
+20
16
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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 thei
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) Figures denoting changes are derived from unrounded figures.
(4) Value added is a measure of the contribution of an economic sector/industry to Hong Kong's Gross Domestic Product. The definition can be found
in the "Report on 1994 Survey of Storage, Communication, Financing, Insurance and Business Services*.