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WITH OUTLAYS OF $87 412 MILLION ON MATERIALS, SUPPLIES AND INDUSTRIAL SERVICES CONSUMED IN THE PROCESS OF PRODUCTION,

$24 336 MILLION AS COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES, AND $12 069 MILLION ON MISCELLANEOUS OPERATING EXPENSES, THE SECTOR'S GROSS SURPLUS TOTALLED $8 499 MILLION.

THE STATISTICAL REPORT SHOWS THAT NEW KOWLOON WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT MANUFACTURING ZONE, FOLLOWED BY THE TSUEN WAN AND KWAL CHUNG DISTRICT.

INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS IN THESE LOCATIONS TOGETHER ACCOUNTED FOR 63 PER CENT OF BOTH THE TOTAL GROSS OUTPUT AND THE TOTAL VALUE ADDED OF THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR.

(FURTHER DETAILS ON THE SECTOR'S GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE B.)

AS SHOWN IN TABLE C. A LARGE PROPORTION OF THE GROSS OUTPUT AND VALUE ADDED PRODUCED WITHIN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR WAS

THE IR CONTRIBUTIONS WERE GENERATED BY LIMITED COMPANIES.

75 PER CENT TO TOTAL GROSS OUTPUT AND 72 PER CENT TO VALUE ADDED.

SOLE PROPRIETORSHIPS CONTRIBUTED ANOTHER 16 PER CENT OF TOTAL GROSS OUTPUT AND 18 PER CENT OF TOTAL VALUE ADDED, WITH THE REST PRODUCED BY PARTNERSHIP UNDERTAKINGS.

A LARGE NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS, 29 000 OR SOME 65 PER CENT, ENGAGED LESS THAN 10 PERSONS. HOWEVER, THEY ACCOUNTED FOR ONLY 8 PER CENT OF THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR'S TOTAL GROSS OUTPUT AND 9 PER CENT OF ITS VALUE ADDED.

ESTABLISHMENTS ENGAGING 100 OR MORE PERSONS NUMBERED ONLY 1 543 OR ABOUT 3 PER CENT. BUT THEY ACCOUNTED FOR OVER HALF OF THE SECTOR'S TOTAL GROSS OUTPUT AND VALUE ADDED.

(MORE DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE ESTABLISHMENTS BY EMPLOYMENT SIZE IS GIVEN IN TABLE D.)

THE STATISTICS RELEASED BY THE DEPARTMENT WERE TAKEN FROM THE SURVEY OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION FOR THE REFERENCE YEAR 1982, WITH FIELD WORK UNDERTAKEN BETWEEN MAY 1983 AND FEBRUARY 1984, A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE SURVEY COVERED ESSENTIALLY THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDED ESTABLISHMENTS ENGAGED IN MINING AND QUARRYING, AND IN THE SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY, GAS AND WATER.

THE 1982 SURVEY WAS ONE IN A SERIES OF ANNUAL INDUSTRIAL SURVEYS CONDUCTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASCERTAINING THE STRUCTURAL AND OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE VARIOUS ECONOMIC SECTORS AND UPDATING THE IR CONTRIBUTION TO THE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID SUMMARY STATISTICS FROM THE 1982 SURVEY WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THE MAY 1984 ISSUE OF THE HONG KONG MONTHLY DIGEST OF STATISTICS. A MORE DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE RESULTS WILL BE GIVEN IN A REPORT TO BE PUBLISHED IN JUNE.

ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE DEPARTMENT'S INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION STATISTICS SECTION AT 3-7213578,

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