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TABLE 3: PER CAPITA EARNINGS

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1988

INDUSTRY/SERVICES

PER CAPITA EARNINGS

AVERAGE AS IN SEPTEMBER 1988

CHANGE WHEN COMPARED WITH

AUG. 88

SEP. 87

(HK$)

(%)

(%)

ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES

4.446

+1

+19

FOOD AND DRINKS

5,235

+4

+17

WEARING APPAREL

3,689

– 1

+15

TEXTILES

4,274

-7

+11

PLASTIC PRODUCTS

4.579

+6

+26

FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS

4,333

+19

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC

PRODUCTS

4.341

+3

+24

OTHERS

5,640

+2

+17

CONSTRUCTION

6.343

*

+15

SERVICES

7,694

+16

BANKS

7,000

- 1

+19

HOTELS

PUBLIC UTILITIES

OTHERS

4,768

+18

8,052

-1

+13

8,646

+1

+17

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 (S NOT MEANINGFUL INFORMATION ON IT'S OWN (BECAUSE THIS IS A PANEL SURVEY) AND IS THEREFORE NOT SHOWN.

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