MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1975.
PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION CENSUS
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PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF THE 1973 CENSUS OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT DURING 1974 AND EARLY 1975 WERE RELEASED TODAY.
THE CENSUS OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION WAS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN HONG KONG. IT COVERED INDUSTRY SECTORS IN MINING AND QUARRYING, MANUFACTURING AND ELECTRICITY, GAS AND WATER.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT SAID THE PROJECT AIMED AT COLLECTING COMPREHENSIVE STATISTICS ON THE STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE OF INDUSTRIES IN HONG KONG.
THE RESULTS RELEASED TODAY CONTAIN PRINCIPAL STATISTICS SUCH AS NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS, AVERAGE NUMBER OF PERSONS ENGAGED, MAN-HOURS WORKED BY OPERATIVES, LABOUR COST, PAYMENTS FOR NON- INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, RENTAL AND OTHER PAYMENTS, SALES AND WORK DONE, GROSS OUTPUT, MATERIAL PURCHASES AND SUPPLIES, CHANGES IN STOCKS, VALUE ADDED, GROSS ADDITION TO FIXED ASSETS, DEPRECIATION OF FIXED ASSETS AND STOCK OF FIXED ASSETS.
THE STATISTICS ARE CLASSIFIED INTO 142 INDUSTRY SECTORS AND WITHIN INDUSTRY SECTORS ANALYSED BY ESTABLISHMENTS ENGAGING 10 TO 19 PERSONS, AND 20 OR MORE PERSONS.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT FROM THE DATA RELEASED IT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE TO IDENTIFY DETAILS OF INDIVIDUAL ESTABLISHMENTS.
THE PROVISIONAL RESULTS SHOW THAT, IN THE MANUFACTURING DIVISION, 30,542 ESTABLISHMENTS HAD OPERATED DURING THE WHOLE OR PART OF 1973.
THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF PERSONS ENGAGED THROUGHOUT 1973 WAS 713,688. THIS INCLUDED 87,000 PERSONS COMPRISING WORKING PROPRIETORS PARTNERS AND UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS AND EMPLOYMENT IN THOSE ESTABLISHMENTS NOT COVERED IN THE DECEMBER 1973 EMPLOYMENT SURVEY IN WHICH 626,392 PERSONS WERE CLASSIFIED AS EMPLOYEES.
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A TOTAL OF $6,323 MILLION WAS INCURRED AS LABOUR COST. VALUE OF GROSS OUTPUT WAS ESTIMATED AT $31,961 MILLION AND THE VALUE ADDED BY MANUFACTURING (THAT IS, GROSS OUTPUT LESS CONSUMPTION OF MATERIALS, FUEL, WATER AND ELECTRICITY AND PAYMENTS FOR INDUSTRIAL SERVICES), AT $11,544 MILLION.
CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR THE MINING AND QUARRYING DIVISION WERE 19 ESTABLISHMENTS, 1,344 PERSONS ENGAGED, $21 MILLION LABOUR COST, $78 MILLION GROSS OUTPUT AND $56 MILLION VALUE ADDED. FOR THE ELECTRICITY AND GAS DIVISION, THERE WERE FOUR ESTABLISHMENTS WITH 6,162 PERSONS ENGAGED AND TOTAL LABOUR COST OF $112 MILLION GROSS CUTPUT WAS $811 MILLION AND VALUE ADDED $582 MILLION.
ABOUT 85 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL VALUE ADDED IN THE MANUFACTURING DIVISION WAS DERIVED FROM ESTABLISHMENTS ENGAGING 20 OR MORE PERSONS. IN TERMS OF CONTRIBUTION TO THE VALUE ADDED, THE TEXTILES SECTOR IS THE MOST IMPORTANT INDUSTRY. NEXT TO IT IS WEARING APPAREL, FOLLOWED. BY ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPLIANCES AND SUPPLIES AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS.
THE MAIN REPORT OF THE 1973 CENSUS OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION WILL BE PUBLISHED LATER.
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