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If 'size of firm'is measured by sales:

Table 2 (source: table 6, CMI, page 18)

Firms ranked by

Value of sales

in 1970

No of firms

Cumulative

HK$M

at 4/8/71

Cumulative % of total no

of firms

% of manuf. labour force

% of total manuf. >

Cumulative %

Cumulative %

sales in 1970 >

20+

134

134

0.5

19.2

19.2

30.6

5-20

506

640

2.4

21.2

40.4

25.2

30.6 55.8

1-5

2248

2888

11.0

25.8

66.2

25.0

80.0

If 'size of firm' is measured by employees, not sales, then:

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Table 3 (source: table 5, CMI, page 17)

Firms ranked by

Cumulative %

No of employees

No of firms

Cumulative

at 4/8/71

of total no

% of manuf. labour force

Cumulative %

% of total manuf. )

sales in 1970

Cumulative %

of firms

1000+

58

58

0.2

15.9

15.9

15.6

15.6

500-999

91

149

0.6

8.9

24.8

11.0

26.6

100-499

1007

1156

4.4

30.0

54.8

34.0

60.6

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