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SUNDAY, JUNE 17, 1990

CHANGES WITHIN +/- 0.5%

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

TABLE 3 : PER CAPITA EARNINGS

PER CAPITA EARNINGS

INDUSTRY/SERVICES

AVERAGE AS IN CHANGE WHEN COMPARED WITH

APRIL 1990

MAR. 90

APR. 89

(HK$)

{')

(%)

ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES

5,717

FOOD AND DRINKS

6,742

++

+1

+15

+9

+18

WEARING APPAREL

4,398

-1

+10

TEXTILES

5,192

+3

+9

PLASTIC PRODUCTS

5,066

+8

FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS

6,107

-7

+29

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC

5,631

+1

+17

PRODUCTS

OTHERS

7,701

+2

+15

CONSTRUCTION

7.997

+12

SERVICES

BANKS

HOTELS

PUBLIC UTILITIES

OTHERS

12,527

+33

+18

9,457

+17

6,399

+5

8,969 21,670

-3

+13

+98@

+20

* CHANGES WITHIN +/- 0.5%

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

ONLY:

SITE WORKERS

THIS SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE WAS DUE MAINLY TO SPECIAL BONUSES ISSUED BY SOME OF THE COMPANIES IN APRIL 1990.

BEING

NOTES TO TABLES 1-3 :

UNLIKE "ORDERS-ON-HAND" AND "PER CAPITA EARNINGS" AVERAGE FIGURES AMONGST THE COMPANIES SURVEYED, THE TOTAL

BY THE COMPANIES SURVEYED IS PERSONS ENGAGED

PANEL OWN (BECAUSE THIS IS A INFORMATION ON ITS THEREFORE NOT SHOWN.

ARE NUMBER OF NOT MEANINGFUL

AND SURVEY)

WHICH

IS

0

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