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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1983

IN TERMS OF CONTRIBUTION TO VALUE ADDED, A TOTAL OF $36 268 MILLION WERE GENERATED BY THE ENTIRE MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN 1981.

THE MORE IMPORTANT INDUSTRY GROUPS, RANKED ACCORDING TO THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO VALUE ADDED, WERE WEARING APPAREL ($9 057 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR), METAL PRODUCTS, MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT ($6 625 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT) ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS ($5 898 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT), TEXTILES ($4 594 MILLION OR 13 PER CENT), AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS ($2 923 MILLION OR EIGHT PER CENT).

REGARDING THE LOCATIONS OF INDUSTRIES, NEW KOWLOON WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT MANUFACTURING ZONE, FOLLOWED BY THE TSUEN WAN AND KWAI CHUNG DISTRICT. INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS IN THESE LOCATIONS TOGETHER ACCOUNTED FOR 63 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL GROSS OUTPUT AND 62 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL VALUE ADDED OF THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR. TABLE B SHOWS THE DETAILS.

AS SHOWN IN TABLE C, A LARGE PROPORTION OF THE GROSS OUTPUT AND VALUE ADDED PRODUCED WITHIN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR WERE GENERATED BY THE LIMITED COMPANIES. THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO TOTAL GROSS OUTPUT AND VALUE ADDED WERE 75 PER CENT AND 71 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. SOLE PROPRIETORSHIPS CONTRIBUTED ANOTHER 16 PER CENT OF TOTAL GROSS OUTPUT AND 19 PER CENT OF TOTAL VALUE ADDED, WHILE THE REST WAS PRODUCED BY PARTNERSHIP UNDERTAKINGS.

A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS, OVER 30 000 OR SOME 60 PER CENT, ENGAGED LESS THAN 10 PERSONS. HOWEVER, THEY ACCOUNTED FOR ONLY SEVEN PER CENT AND NINE PER CENT OF THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR'S TOTAL GROSS OUTPUT AND VALUE ADDED RESPECTIVELY. ON THE OTHER HAND, ESTABLISHMENTS ENGAGING 100 OR MORE PERSONS, WHICH NUMBERED ONLY 1 713 OR ABOUT FOUR PER CENT, ACCOUNTED FOR OVER HALF OF THE SECTOR'S TOTAL GROSS OUTPUT AND VALUE ADDED.

SUMMARY STATISTICS FROM THE 1981 SURVEY OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THE FORTHCOMING AUGUST 1983 ISSUE OF THE HONG KONG MONTHLY DIGEST OF STATISTICS.

A MORE DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE RESULTS OBTAINED FROM THE 1981 SURVEY WILL BE GIVEN IN ITS SURVEY REPORT TO BE PUBLISHED SHORTLY.

MEANWHILE, REQUESTS FOR STATISTICAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE SURVEY MAY BE MADE TO THE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (AT 3-7221914).

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