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ELECTRICAL AND

ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS

OTHERS

CONSTRUCTION #

SERVICES

BANKS

HOTELS

PUBLIC UTILITIES

OTHERS

9

TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1992

-2

-18

- 1

-2

-1

-4

-1

7

- 1

- 1

+2

-2

4

-3

+1

* CHANGES WITHIN +/- 0.5%

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

NOTE

TABLE 3 : PER CAPITA EARNINGS

: OWING ΤΟ POSSIBLE INCLUSION OF IRREGULAR PAYMENTS (E.G.

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

AVERAGE AS IN

PER CAPITA EARNINGS

CHANGE WHEN COMPARED WITH

** CHANGE IN AVERAGE

PER CAPITA EARNINGS FOR

DEC. 1991-FEB. 1992

OVER

INDUSTRY/SERVICES FEB. 92

JAN. 92 FEB. 91

DEC. 1990-FEB. 1991

(HK$)

(%)

(%)

(%)

ALL MANUFACTURING

INDUSTRIES

7,391

-38

+14

FOOD AND DRINKS

7,842

-28

+9

+5

WEARING APPAREL

5,396

-30

+12

TEXTILES

6,014

-50

-8

+13

/PLASTIC PRODUCTS

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