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A. Orders-on-hand in manufacturing industries

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1986

Orders-on-hand

% increase/ decrease over

Industry

in terms of monthe for October 1986

Sep. 86

Oct. 85

Wearing apparel

4.80

•

9

Textiles

2.81

7

19

Plastic products

2.93

-5

-23

Fabricated metal producte

4.04

1

28

Electrical and electronic products

5.03

3

Others

4.43

All above industries

4.35

5

B. Imployment and earnings

Persons engaged at the

end of October 1986

A increase/ decrease over

Per capita earnings

as in October 1986

% increase/ decrease over

Industry/Services

Sep. 86

Oct. 85

(HK$)

Sep. 86

Oct. 85

lanufacturing

-1

פן

3 422

2

12

Food and drinks

1

4

3 971

-8

ལ། ཁ

5

Wearing apparel

-1

-9

2 943

5

12

Textiles

1

2

3 575

3

74

Flastic products

-5

4

3 238

19

Fabricated metal

-4

3 111

-2

5

products

Electrical and

-1

4

3 167

4

11

electronic products

Others

1

4 556

3

11

Construction**

اله

Services

Banks

IN R

4 742

−1

2

2

6 116

-1

10

UN

5

5 413

1

10

lotels

Public utilities

-1

3 894

1

8

-1

6 416

-3

11

Others

Changes within ±0.5%

5

7 255

1

10

** Iersona engaged cover company employees only; site workers employed by

labour-only sub-contractors not included.

hotellnlike "orders-on-hand" and per capita earnings" which are average figures,

the total no. of persons enged by the firms surveyed is not meaningful

information on its own because this is a panel survey and is therefore not shown.

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