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TABLE 3: PER CAPITA EARNINGS

SUNDAY, JULY 16, 1989

PER CAPITA EARNINGS

AVERAGE AS IN CHANGE WHEN COMPARED WITH

MAY 1989

APR. 89

MAY 88

ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES

(HK$)

5,073

(%)

(%)

+2

+20

FOOD AND DRINKS

WEARING APPAREL

TEXTILES

PLASTIC PRODUCTS

5,572 4.143 5,134 5,062

1 + + +

-3

+16

+4

+19

+7

+8

+8

+34

FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS

4,719

+16

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC

PRODUCTS

4,903

+2

+23

OTHERS

CONSTRUCTION#

SERVICES

BANKS

6,617

-1

+21

7,180

+1

+22

— —

8,343

-210

+19

8,211

+1

+20

HOTELS

PUBLIC UTILITIES

OTHERS

5.616

-8

+16

8,041

+2

+21

9,558

-47@

+15

CHANGES WITHIN +/-0.5 PER CENT

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

ONLY; SITE

WORKERS

THIS WAS DUE MAINLY TO SPECIAL BONUSES BEING ISSUED BY SOME OF COMPANIES IN APRIL 1989.

NOTES TO TABLES 1-3 :

UNLIKE

THE

"ORDERS-ON-HAND"

AND "PER

CAPITA AMONGST

NUMBER

EARNINGS", WHICH ARE AVERAGE FIGURES

OF THE FIRMS

THE TOTAL SURVEYED,

13 NOT PERSONS ENGAGED BY THE FIRMS SURVEYED

ON ITS OWN (BECAUSE MEANINGFUL INFORMATION

THIS IS A PANEL SURVEY) AND IS THEREFORE SHOWN.

NOT

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