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SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 1988

RESULTS OF 1986 SURVEY ON INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION RELEASED

THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (SUNDAY) RELEASED THE SUMMARY STATISTICS COMPILED FROM THE SURVEY OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION COVERING THE REFERENCE YEAR 1986.

FIELD WORK FOR THE SURVEY WAS UNDERTAKEN BETWEEN MAY 1987 AND EARLY 1988.

THE SURVEY RESULTS INDICATED THAT THERE WERE 50,099 MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS OPERATING DURING THE WHOLE OR PART OF 1986, WHICH WAS A PROSPEROUS YEAR FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR.

THE VALUE OF GROSS OUTPUT IN THE SECTOR DURING 1986 ESTIMATED AT $227,225 MILLION, REPRESENTING A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE

.4 PER CENT IN CURRENT PRICE TERMS COMPARED WITH 1985.

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THE TOTAL EXPENSES OF MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS IN INCLUDED $150,985 MILLION ON THE PURCHASES OF MATERIALS, SUPPLIES INDUSTRIAL WORK/SERVICES; $39,686 MILLION ON COMPENSATION EMPLOYEES; AND $18,865 MILLION ON OTHER EXPENSES.

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THE TOTAL VALUE ADDED OF THE MANUFACTURING $62,779 MILLION IN 1986, REPRESENTING A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE OF 24.8 PER CENT IN CURRENT PRICE TERMS COMPARED WITH 1985.

VALUE ADDED IS A MEASURE OF THE NET OUTPUT OF THE SECTOR AND REFLECTS THE SECTOR'S CONTRIBUTION TO HONG KONG'S GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT.

RANKED ACCORDING TO THEIR VALUE ADDED, THE TOP FIVE BROAD INDUSTRY GROUPS WITHIN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN HONG KONG WERE : WEARING APPAREL ($14,540 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL VALUE ADDED OF THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR); TEXTILES '($10,990 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT); FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS, MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT ($10,235 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT); ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS ($8,780 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT); AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS ($6, 196 MILLION OR 10 PER CENT).

THE PRINCIPAL STATISTICS FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR ANALYSED BY BROAD INDUSTRY GROUPS ARE SHOWN IN THE ACCOMPANYING TABLE.

AS REGARDS THE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS, THE MOST IMPORTANT AREAS WERE THE "TSUEN WAN, KWAI CHUNG, TSING YI” AND THE "NGAU TAU кок, KWUN TONG, LEI YUE MUN" DISTRICTS.

ESTABLISHMENTS IN THESE LOCATIONS ALTOGETHER ACCOUNTED FOR 17 PER CENT AND 46 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY OF THE GROSS OUTPUT AND VALUE ADDED OF THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR.

WHEN ANALYSED