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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1989

* CHANGES WITHIN +/-0.5 PER CENT

WORKERS

PERSONS ENGAGED COVER COMPANY EMPLOYEES ONLY; SITE EMPLOYED BY LABOUR-ONLY SUB-CONTRACTORS ARE NOT INCLUDED.

TABLE 3 : PER CAPITA EARNINGS

INDUSTRY/SERVICES

PER CAPITA EARNINGS

AVERAGE AS IN DECEMBER 1988

NOV. 88

CHANGE WHEN COMPARED WITH

DEC. 87

(HK$)

(%)

(%)

ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES

5,048

+14

+20

FOOD AND DRINKS

7,009

+42

+38

WEARING APPAREL

4,341

+13

+18

TEXTILES

5,059

+16

+15

PLASTIC PRODUCTS

4,693

+12

+29

FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS

4.482

+1

+17

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC

PRODUCTS

OTHERS

CONSTRUCTION#

SERVICES

4,789

+13

+19

6,317

+11

+16

6,966

+13

+17

10,482

+46

+18

BANKS

HOTELS

PUBLIC UTILITIES

OTHERS

12,020

+71

+18

6,116

+27

+8

9,626

+35

+11

11,186

+39

+29

PER CAPITA EARNINGS COVER COMPANY EMPLOYEES ONLY; SITE WORKERS EMPLOYED BY LABOUR-ONLY SUB-CONTRACTORS ARE NOT INCLUDED.

NOTES

TO TABLES 1-3 :

"ORDERS-ON-HAND" AND

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"PER

CAPITA

UNLIKE 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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