XN000022-1987-09-15 — Page 5

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1987

OVER

THE

IT

TWO

DOES,

YEARS,

INCREASINGLY

COMPLETE

DATA

THE ESTIMATES OF THE GDP ARE

FOLLOWING

AS BECOME AVAILABLE AND, SYSTEMATICALLY REVISED AT HALF-YEARLY INTERVALS.

IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE VERY RAPID GROWTH OF THE ECONOMY

THAN USUAL WHEN 1986 MADE THE EXTRAPOLATION PROCESS MORE DIFFICULT

THIS PRODUCING THE PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES FOR 1986 AT THE BEGINNING OF IN REVISIONS

SOME SIGNIFICANT IT YEAR AND, AS

TURNED

SOME OUT, COMPONENTS HAVE BEEN NECESSARY.

FURTHER REVISIONS WILL INEVITABLY BE REQUIRED AS BECOME AVAILABLE.

FURTHER DATA

NOTE TO EDITORS;

THE FOLLOWING TABLE SHOWS DETAILED FIGURES OF THE

REVISED GDP

ESTIMATES.

REVISED

ESTIMATES OF GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT AT CONSTANT (1980) MARKET PRICES

1985 REVISED PROVISIONAL

1986 REVISED PRELIMINARY

ESTIMATES

HK$MN

X CHANGE OVER PREVIOUS YEAR

HK$MN

ESTIMATES

% CHANGE OVER PREVIOUS YEAR

PRIVATE

CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE

115,233

+4.2 (+5.5)

126, 154

+9.5 (+7.1)

GOVERNMENT·

CONSUMPTION

12,536

EXPENDITURE

+1.7 (+1.9)

13,304

+6.1 (+5.0)

GROSS DOMESTIC

FIXED

CAPITAL

46,537

FORMATION

-0.8 (-2.4)

50,003

+7.4 (+6.7)

TRANSFER COSTS

OF LAND AND

2,046

BUILDINGS

+43.2 (+43.2)

2,632

+28.6 (+29.7)

BUILDING AND

17,634

CONSTRUCTION

-7.7 (-8.4)

17,607

-0.2 (+0.1)

/PRIVATE 11,375