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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1994

ARTICLE STUDIES LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY OF MANUFACTURING SECTOR

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THE JULY

1994

STATISTICS CONTAINS

PRODUCTIVITY OF THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR BETWEEN FACTORS AFFECTING ITS VARIATIONS.

MONTHLY ISSUE OF THE HONG KONG

THE TREND IN ARTICLE STUDYING

LABOUR AN

1981 AND 1991 AND

DIGEST

OF

THE SPECIAL REVIEW ARTICLE

IS ENTITLED "LABOUR

PRODUCTIVITY

OF THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN HONG KONG, 1981-1991".

IN THE

LABOUR PERIOD, THE

PRODUCTIVITY INDEX OF MANUFACTURING SECTOR GREW AT AN ANNUAL AVERAGE RATE OF 9.9 PER CENT.

THE

THE

THE PACE OF PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT IN THE SECOND HALF OF

ANNUM, WAS SLIGHTLY FASTER PERIOD, AVERAGING AT 10.3 PER CENT PER THAN THAT IN THE FIRST HALF, WHICH WAS 9.5 PER CENT PER ANNUM.

LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY INDEX IS COMPILED INDEX TO AN INDEX OF LABOUR INPUT.

INDEX

FOR

BY RELATING AN OUTPUT

AN

INDUSTRY

PRODUCTIVITY THE LABOUR REFLECTS CHANGE IN OUTPUT OF THE INDUSTRY OVER THE DISCOUNTING THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF TWO PERIODS.

FROM ANOTHER ANGLE, THE INDEX REFLECTS PER UNIT LABOUR INPUT IN THE REFERENCE PERIOD.

1994

IN

A

YEAR

BASE YEAR, AFTER

LABOUR INPUT IN THE

THE CHANGE IN OUTPUT

THE HONG KONG ISSUE OF THE JULY STATISTICS IS AVAILABLE AT $48 A COPY.

OF

IT

MONTHLY

DIGEST OF

USED SOCIAL COMMONLY

AND IT CONTAINS A

VOLUME LARGE

THE AT CAN BE PURCHASED ECONOMIC

INFORMATION. STATISTICAL

BUILDING, GROUND GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE FLOOR, CONNAUGHT PLACE, HONG KONG AND AT THE PUBLICATIONS THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON THE 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAT TOWER, 12 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI, HONG KONG.

SECTION OF

SEPTEMBER SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT AND VACANCIES

THE

CENSUS AND STATISTICS

IN

DEPARTMENT HAS STARTED A QUARTERLY

AND

RESPECT OF SEPTEMBER

SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT AND VACANCIES TO COLLECT DATA ON EMPLOYMENT VACANCIES

MAJOR SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY IN

1994.

THE SURVEY

RESULTS

ARE

USEFUL

IN

SERVING

THE

AS LATEST

SHORT-TERM CHANGES

BCONOMIC INDICATORS AND PROVIDING INFORMATION ON IN THE LABOUR MARKET.

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