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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1984

OVER 32 000 ESTABLISHMENTS IN TRANSPORT SECTOR

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THERE WERE 32 756 ESTABLISHMENTS ENGAGED IN TRANSPORT AND RELATED SERVICES IN HONG KONG FOR THE WHOLE OR PART OF 1982, A DECREASE OF ONE PER CENT OVER 1981, ACCORDING TO SURVEY RESULTS RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

BUT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS ENGAGED ROSE BY ABOUT ONE PER CENT TO 124 960.

IN 1982, TOTAL BUSINESS RECEIPTS AND OTHER INCOME OF THESE ESTABLISHMENTS WERE ESTIMATED AT $36 000 MILLION, UP 15 PER CENT OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

THEY SPENT $5 054 MILLION ON COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES (AN INCREASE OF 26 PER CENT), AND $27 324 MILLION ON OPERATING EXPENSES (AN INCREASE OF 17 PER CENT).

THEIR GROSS ADDITIONS TO FIXED ASSETS (BEING ACQUISITION OF FIXED ASSETS LESS PROCEEDS FROM SALES OF FIXED ASSETS) WERE $5 603 MILLION (AN INCREASE OF 12 PER CENT).

VALUE ADDED GENERATED BY THE ENTIRE TRANSPORT SECTOR IN 1982 WAS $9 616 MILLION, UP 10 PER CENT OVER 1981.

THE MORE IMPORTANT MAJOR TRANSPORT GROUPS, RANKED ACCORDING TO THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO VALUE ADDED, WERE +LAND PASSENGER TRANSPORT+ ($2 819 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL), +OCEAN AND COASTAL WATER TRANSPORT+ ($1 785 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT), +AIR TRANSPORT+ AND +LAND FREIGHT TRANSPORT+ ($1 330 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT EACH).

THE LARGEST INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PERSONS ENGAGED WAS RECORDED IN +SUPPORTING SERVICES TO WATER TRANSPORT+. THE INCREASE, AT NINE PER CENT, WAS FOLLOWED BY +LAND FREIGHT TRANSPORT+ AT SEVEN PER CENT AND +AIR TRANSPORT+ AT FIVE PER CENT.

ON THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN +OCEAN AND COASTAL WATER TRANSPORT+ (SEVEN PER CENT), +IN LAND WATER TRANSPORT+ (FOUR PER CENT), AND SUPPORTING SERVICES TO LAND TRANSPORT+

TWO PER CENT).

DESPITE THE SLUGGISH GROWTH IN THE NUMBER OF PERSONS ENGAGED, THE INCREASE IN COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES WAS SUBSTANTIAL, PARTICULARLY FOR +LAND PASSENGER TRANSPORT+ (42 PER CENT), +LAND FREIGHT TRANSPORT+ (30 PER CENT), AND +SERVICES INCIDENTAL TO TRANSPORT+ (22 PER CENT).

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