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TABLE 3: PER CAPITA EARNINGS

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1988

INDUSTRY/SERVICES

PER CAPITA EARNINGS

AVERAGE AS IN AUGUST 1988

CHANGE WHEN COMPARED WITH

JUL. 88

AUG. 87

(HK$)

(%)

(%)

ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES

4,412

+17

FOOD AND DRINKS

5,011

+15

WEARING APPAREL

3.745

+3

+12

TEXTILES

4,612

+10

+11

PLASTIC PRODUCTS

4,316

+19

+23

FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS

4,330

+3

+21

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC

PRODUCTS

4,207

+1

+22

OTHERS

5,539

+3

+15

CONSTRUCTION

6,343

+3

+20

SERVICES

BANKS

HOTELS

PUBLIC UTILITIES

OTHERS

CHANGES WITHIN +/-

—

0.5%

NOTES TO TABLES

7,731

+3

+20

7,053

+2

+16

4,833

-12

+22

8,160

+6

+29

8.549

+2

+8

**PER

CAPITA

1-3: UNLIKE "ORDERS-ON-HAND" AND

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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