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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1993

ALSO EXCLUDED WERE REAL ESTATE LEASING AND OTHER ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN BY SELF-EMPLOYED PERSONS OR HOUSEHOLDS.

A

REAL

OF 7,400 ESTABLISHMENTS, WHICH WERE ENGAGED TOTAL

IN ESTATE DEVELOPMENT, LEASING, BROKERAGE AND MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, OPERATED IN 1991.

AS REGARDS ESTABLISHMENTS ENGAGED IN ARCHITECTURAL, SURVEYING $5.6 AND PROJECT ENGINEERING SERVICES, THE GROSS OUTPUT PERFORMED WAS BILLION, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 15.5% OVER 1990.

THIS CONSISTED OF $5.3 BILLION OF SERVICE INCOME AND $0.3 BILLION OF OTHER INCOMES.

THE GROSS

THE OF

THAN HIGHER

GROSS

THE

OPERATING SURPLUS AMOUNTED TO 16.6% OUTPUT IN 1991, REPRESENTING 0.8 PERCENTAGE POINT FIGURE OF 16.8% IN 1990.

THE TOTAL OPERATING EXPENDITURE OF THESE ESTABLISHMENTS 83.4% OF THE GROSS OUTPUT. THIS WAS 0.8 PERCENTAGE

ACCOUNTED FOR POINT LOWER THAN THE FIGURE OF 84.2% IN 1990.

THE TOTAL VALUE ADDED OF THESE ESTABLISHMENTS WAS $3.6 BILLION CONSTITUTED IN 1991, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 17.6% OVER 1990. IT 63.7% OF THE GROSS OUTPUT PERFORMED. COMPARED WITH 1990, THIS PERCENTAGE INCREASED BY 1.1 PERCENTAGE POINTS.

SOME 810 ESTABLISHMENTS, WHICH WERE ENGAGED IN ARCHITECTURAL, SURVEYING AND PROJECT ENGINEERING SERVICES, OPERATED IN 1991.

FOR REAL

TO ACCRUED VALUE ESTATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, THE PRIVATE SECTOR PROJECTS DURING 1991 WAS $57.3 BILLION, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 11.8% OVER THE CORRESPONDING VALUE IN 1990.

THE INCREASE WAS LARCELY DUE ΤΟ INCREASED WORK RESIDENTIAL PREMISES.

DONE

IN

THE TOTAL PROJECT OUTLAYS AMOUNTED TO $34.1 BILLION WHICH INCLUDED, FOR INSTANCE, PAYMENTS TO CONTRACTORS AND INTEREST PAYMENTS.

FOR THE 1991 SURVEY OF BUILDING,

STATISTICS SUMMARY

APRIL

BY

AND CONSTRUCTION

THE REAL ESTATE SECTORS WILL BE INCLUDED IN 1993 ISSUE OF THE HONG KONG MONTHLY DIGEST OF STATISTICS PUBLISHED THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

MORE DETAILED RESULTS WILL BE GIVEN IN A FULL SURVEY REPORT BE PUBLISHED AROUND JULY.

TO

BUILDING,

ENQUIRIES REGARDING THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO

AND CONSTRUCTION

SECTION REAL ESTATE STATISTICS CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TELEPHONE 839 3204.

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