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TABLE 2: EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS

INDUSTRY/

SERVICES

MANUFACTURING

FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1988

PERSONS ENGAGED AT THE END OF JANUARY 1988

CHANGE WHEN COMPARED WITH

PER CAPITA EARNINGS

CHANGE WHEN COMPARED

DEC. 87 JAN. 87

IN JAN. 88

WITH DEC. 87

JAN. 87

(%)

(%)

(HK$)

(%)

(%)

- 1

-2

4,967

+18

-12

FOOD AND DRINKS

+1

+3

5,747

+13

-11

WEARING APPAREL

-7

4,055

+10

-7

TEXTILES

-1

4,534

+3

-32

PLASTIC PRODUCTS

+2

-5

3,975

+9

-37

FABRICATED METAL

PRODUCTS

+1

+3

4,992

+30

-5

ELECTRICAL AND

ELECTRONIC

PRODUCTS

-2

4,921

+23

N

1

OTHERS

-1

-3

7,012

+29

8

CONSTRUCTION

SERVICES

+2

6,590

+11

-12

+2

9,053

+2

-1

BANKS

+3

8,194

-20

-4

HOTELS

+1

9,306

+65

-4

PUBLIC UTILITIES

- 1

9,041

+4

+9

OTHERS

+1

+9

10,009

+16

-7

*

CHANGES WITHIN +/- 0.5%

#

COVER

COMPANY

EMPLOYEES

ONLY;

SITE

WORKERS

PERSONS ENGAGED EMPLOYED BY LABOUR-ONLY SUB-CONTRACTORS ARE NOT INCLUDED,

NOTE: UNLIKE "ORDERS-ON-HAND" AND "PER

CAPITA EARNINGS" WHICH ARE AVERAGE FIGURES AMONGST THE FIRMS SURVEYED, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF

THE FIRMS SURVEYED 18 PERSONS

NOT ENGAGED BY

MEANINGFUL, INFORMATION ON ITS OWN (BECAUSE THIS IS A PANEL SURVEY) AND THEREFORE NOT SHOWN.

IS

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