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TABLE 3: PER CAPITA EARNINGS

INDUSTRY/

SERVICES

ALL MANUFACTURING

INDUSTRIES

SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1988

PER CAPITA EARNINGS

AVERAGE AS IN

MAY 1988

CHANGE WHEN COMPARED WITH

APRIL 88

MAY 87

(HK$)

(%)

{'}

4,224

+1

+14

FOOD AND DRINKS

4,804

+2

+15

WEARING APPAREL

3,489

+3

+ 8

TEXTILES

4,742

+7

+15

PLASTIC PRODUCTS

3,780

+1

+19

FABRICATED METAL

PRODUCTS

4,085

-1

+15

ELECTRICAL AND

ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS

3,989

OTHERS

6,449

T

+15

+15

CONSTRUCTION

5,872

- 1

+11

SERVICES

6,993

-4

+14

BANKS

6,834

+1

+16

HOTELS

4,838

- 1

+24

PUBLIC UTILITIES

6,638

·

-6

+ B

OTHERS

8,308

-6

+15

CHANGES WITHIN +/- 0.5%

NOTES TO TABLES 1-3:

UNLIKE 'ORDERS-ON-HAND" AND "PER CAPITA EARNINGS", WHICH ARE AVERAGE FIGURES AMONGST THE FIRMS SURVEYED, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS ENGAGED 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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