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1994 annual economic surveys reports now on sale
The following five reports on the 1994 annual economic surveys have recently been published by the Census and Statistics Department and are now on sale:
Report on 1994 Survey of Industrial Production ($34);
Report on 1994 Survey of Building, Construction and Real Estate Sectors ($31);
Report on 1994 Survey of Wholesale, Retail and Import and Export Trades, Restaurants and Hotels ($34);
Report on 1994 Survey of Transport and Related Services ($18); and Report on 1994 Survey of Storage, Communication, Financing, Insurance and Business Services ($26).
These reports, which are bilingual publications in English and Chinese, contain a wide range of statistics on the structural and operating characteristics of various economic activities for the reference year 1994, based on data collected from establishments engaged in those activities.
Examples of statistical items included in the reports are:
number of establishments, number of persons engaged; compensation of employees;
gross output, sales of goods, business receipts and other income; value added (a measure of contribution to gross domestic product);
purchases of goods and materials;
other operating expenses; and
gross additions to fixed assets.
Apart from statistics relating to the year 1994, the reports also contain summary statistics for the year 1992 and 1993 to facilitate comparison in recent years.
The statistics are useful to both the Government and the private sector in formulating policies and making decisions.
The reports may be purchased at the Government Publications Centre of the Information Services Department, Low Block, ground floor, Queensway Government Offices, 66 Queensway, Hong Kong; and the Publications Unit of the Census and Statistics Department, 19th Floor, Wanchai Tower, 12 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong.
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