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SUNDAY, JULY 21, 1985

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AS REGARDS EXPENSES, $119 526 MILLION WAS SPENT ON PURCHASING MATERIALS, SUPPLIES AND INDUSTRIAL SERVICES: $28 056 MILLION WAS PAID OUT AS COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES OTHER EXPENSES TOTALLED $14 779 MILLION AND GROSS SURPLUS AMOUNTED TO $14 657 MILLION.

THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR TO VALUE ADDED IN NATIONAL ACCOUNTS TERMS WAS $44 140 MILLION. RANKED ACCORDING TO THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO VALUE ADDED, THE TOP FIVE INDUSTRY GROUPS WERE WEARING APPAREL ($11 132 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR), METAL PRODUCTS, MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT ($7 627 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS ($7 246 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT), TEXTILES ($6 409 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT), AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS ($3 252 MILLION OR SEVEN PER CENT).

AS REGARDS THE LOCATION OF INDUSTRIES, NEW KOWLOON STOOD OUT AS THE MOST IMPORTANT MANUFACTURING ZONE, FOLLOWED BY THE TSUEN WAN, KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI DISTRICT. INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS IN THESE LOCATIONS TOGETHER ACCOUNTED FOR 65 PER CENT EACH OF THE TOTAL GROSS OUTPUT AND OF THE TOTAL VALUE ADDED OF THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR. TABLE B GIVES DETAILS.

THE BULK OF THE GROSS OUTPUT AND VALUE ADDED PRODUCED WITHIN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR WAS GENERATED BY LIMITED COMPANIES. THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO TOTAL GROSS OUTPUT AND VALUE ADDED WERE 76 PER CENT AND 74 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. SOLE PROPRIETORSHIPS CONTRIBUTED ANOTHER 16 PER CENT OF TOTAL GROSS OUTPUT AND 17 PER CENT OF TOTAL VALUE ADDED, WHILE THE REST WAS PRODUCED BY PARTNERSHIP UNDERTAKINGS. DETAILS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE C.

ESTABLISHMENT ENGAGING LESS THAN 10 PEOPLE AMOUNTED TO 30 030 OR SOME 64 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL. HOWEVER, THEY ACCOUNTED FOR ONLY SEVEN PER CENT OF THE TOTAL GROSS OUTPUT AND EIGHT PER CENT OF THE VALUE ADDED OF THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR.

IN CONTRAST, ESTABLISHMENTS ENGAGING 100 OR MORE PERSONS, WHICH AMOUNTED TO ONLY 1 636 OR ABOUT FOUR PER CENT OF THE TOTAL, ACCOUNTED FOR OVER HALF OF THE SECTOR'S TOTAL GROSS OUTPUT AND VALUE ADDED. DETAILS ARE PROVIDED IN TABLE D.

THE 1983 SURVEY WAS ONE IN A SERIES OF ANNUAL INDUSTRIAL SURVEYS CONDUCTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF UPDATING THE ESTIMATES OF THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR'S CONTRIBUTION TO HONG KONG'S GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT AND ASCERTAINING THE OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS OF DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES.

SUMMARY STATISTICS FROM THE 1983 SURVEY OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE FORTHCOMING JUNE 1985 ISSUE OF THE HONG KONG MONTHLY DIGEST OF STATISTICS. A MORE DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE RESULTS OBTAINED FROM THE 1983 SURVEY WILL BE GIVEN IN THE SURVEY REPORT TO BE PUBLISHED IN AUGUST.

ENQUIRIES REGARDING THE SURVEY MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (AT 3-7221914).

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