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MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 1992

TABLE 3: PER CAPITA EARNINGS

NOTE: DUE TO THE POSSIBLE INCLUSION OF

GIVEN TIME

IRREGULAR PAYMENTS (E.G. BACKPAY OR SPECIAL BONUS), "PER CAPITA EARNINGS" FOR A MONTH MAY BE SUBJECT TO RATHER VOLATILE FLUCTUATIONS FROM TO TIME. THEREFORE, IT IS PARTICULARLY ADVISABLE, IN STUDYING PER CAPITA EARNINGS STATISTICS, NOT ΤΟ TAKE A GIVEN MONTH'S DATA IN ISOLATION, BUT TO MAKE REFERENCE TO DATA OVER A LONGER

PERIOD.

PER CAPITA EARNINGS

INDUSTRY/SERVICES

AVERAGE AS IN NOVEMBER 1991

CHANGE WHEN COMPARED WITH

OCT. 91

NOV. 90

(HK$)

(%)

(%)

ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES

6,855

-2

+13

FOOD AND DRINKS

7,303

-4

+6

WEARING APPAREL

5,465

+1

+11

TEXTILES

6,066

-8

+8

PLASTIC PRODUCTS

7,073

- 1

+17

FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS

7,007

+1

+18

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC

6,970

-3

+18

PRODUCTS

OTHERS

8,600

-2

+9

CONSTRUCTION#

9,628

-8

+13

SERVICES

BANKS

HOTELS

PUBLIC UTILITIES

OTHERS

* CHANGES WITHIN +/-0.5%

11,351

10,443

7,160 11,820 12,488

+10

+ I

+1

+8

- 1

+11

-1

+10

- 1

+12

# PER CAPITA EARNINGS COVER COMPANY EMPLOYEES ONLY; SITE WORKERS

EMPLOYED BY LABOUR-ONLY SUB-CONTRACTORS ARE NOT INCLUDED.

NOTE TO TABLES 1-3: UNLIKE "ORDERS-ON-HAND" AND "PER CAPITA EARNINGS"

WHICH ARE AVERAGE FIGURES AMONGST THE COMPANIES SURVEYED, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS ENGAGED BY THE COMPANIES SURVEYED IS NOT MEANINGFUL INFORMATION ON ITS OWN (BECAUSE THIS IS A PANEL SURVEY) AND IS THEREFORE NOT SHOWN.

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