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SERVICES

BANKS

HOTELS

PUBLIC UTILITIES

OTHERS

12

FRIDAY, MARCH 20,

1

+1

+

+2

-4

-3

- 1

* CHANGES WITHIN +/- 0.5%

# PERSONS ENGAGED COVER COMPANY EMPLOYEES ONLY; SITE WORKERS

BY LABOUR-ONLY SUB-CONTRACTORS ARE NOT INCLUDED.

NOTE

:

TABLE 3 : PER CAPITA EARNINGS

1992

EMPLOYED

IRREGULAR PAYMENTS (E.G. DUE TO THE POSSIBLE INCLUSION OF

GIVEN BACKPAY OR SPECIAL BONUS), "PER CAPITA EARNINGS" FOR A

FLUCTUATIONS FROM MONTH MAY BE SUBJECT TO RATHER VOLATILE

ADVISABLE, IN TIME

TIME. THEREFORE, IT IS PARTICULARLY

GIVEN STUDYING PER CAPITA EARNINGS STATISTICS, NOT TO TAKE A MONTH'S DATA IN ISOLATION, BUT TO MAKE REFERENCE TO DATA OVER A LONGER PERIOD.

PER CAPITA EARNINGS

AVERAGE

CHANGE WHEN COMPARED WITH

AS IN

INDUSTRY/SERVICES

JANUARY 1992

DEC. 91 JAN. 91

(HK$)

(%)

(%)

ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES

11,928

+48

+24

FOOD AND DRINKS

10,947

+13

+10

WEARING APPAREL

7,655

+21

+19

TEXTILES

11,912

+66

+32

PLASTIC PRODUCTS

15,207

+94

+41

FABRICATED METAL

11,894

+33

+12

PRODUCTS

ELECTRICAL AND

11,795

+45

+29

ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS

OTHERS

16,720

+72

+21

CONSTRUCTION #

14,465

+35

+46

+

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