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Friday, June 9, 1972

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SPECIAL REVIEW ARTICLE

In Monthly Digest Of Statistics For April

The April 1972 issue of the Hong Kong Monthly Digest of Statistics

published today, Friday, June 9, contains an article on Hong Kong's

manufacturing industry.

The article, with six statistical cables, presents some preliminary

results of the first Census of Manufacturing Establishments of Hong

Kong which covered the whole of the manufacturing sector and was held

during July and August 1971.

A total of 26,149 establishments classified into 22 industry groups

completed the census questionnaire.

The article analyses how employment and sales in the manufacturing

sector of Hong Kong are concentrated in certain industries, in establishments

of certain sizes, in certain districts and in certain types of premises

and ownership.

The article shows that in 1971 the textile and wearing apparel

groups dominated the manufacturing industry, accounting for 45.2 per cent

of total employment and 47.7 per cent of total sales.

On the basis of employment size, some 80 per cent of total employment

was concentrated in 20 per cent of the total establishments. In terms of sales,

over 80 per cent of total sales was concentrated in 11 per cent of the

total establishments.

The article also analyses the pattern of geographic concentration

and types of premises in which establishments were located.

Additional information on these subjects can be obtained from the

Census and Statistics Department and from the report to be published at a

later date.

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