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TABLE 2: EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS

INDUSTRY/

SERVICES

PERSONS ENGAGED AT THE END OF SEP. 1987

INCREASE OVER

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1987

PER CAPITA EARNINGS

INCREASE OVER

AUG. 87 SEP. 86

IN SEP. 87 AUG. 87 SEP. 86

(%)

(X)

(HK$)

(%)

(%)

MANUFACTURING

-2

-3

3,741

-

12

FOOD AND DRINKS

2

4,473

2

WEARING APPAREL

-2

-7

3,212

10

TEXTILES

3.866

-7

12

PLASTIC PRODUCTS

-

-8

-15

3,644

4

11

FABRICATED METAL

PRODUCTS

ELECTRICAL AND

1

3,644

2

11

ELECTRONIC

PRODUCTS

OTHERS

CONSTRUCTION

SERVICES

BANKS

HOTELS

PUBLIC UTILITIES

OTHERS

-3

- 1

3,491

18

-1

-3

4,838

1

10

7

5,494

17

2

6,620

2

10

5,867

-4

10

4.027

1

18

- 1

7,121

13

8

*

6

7,389

-7

12

* CHANGES WITHIN +/- 0.5%

# PERSONS ENGAGED COVER COMPANY EMPLOYEES ONLY; SITE WORKERS

EMPLOYED BY LABOUR-ONLY SUB-CONTRACTORS ARE NOT INCLUDED.

NOTE:

UNLIKE "ORDERS-ON-HAND" AND "PER CAPITA EARNINGS" WHICH ARR AVERAGE FIGURES, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS ENGAGED BY THE FIRMS SURVEYED 13 NOT MEANINGFUL INFORMATION ON ITS OWN (BECAUSE THIS IS A PANEL SURVEY) AND IS THEREFORE NOT SHOWN.

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