TNAG-1267-FCO40-1616-Economic-situation-in-Hong-Kong-1983 — Page 377

FC040/1616

Statistical aggregates

and variables

Unit Reference Magnitude

period

% change over

Previous period

Same period

a year ago

Index of construction wage

rates (Jan 70 = 100)

Mar 83

630

0.6

5.3

Other indicators

Public assistance caseload

no.

Mar 83

51 267

1.4

12.1

Retrenched workers reported to

the Labour Department

no.

1st Qtr.83

2 173

-35.9

-61.5

ACTIVITY IN SELECTED SECTORS

Index of textile production

(1973 = 100)

Electricity consumption

Industrial

Commercial

Domestic

Cement production

Floor area of building

consents

4th Qtr.82

90

7.1

-5.3

Mn kWh 1st Qtr.83

862

-20.4

0.7

Mn kWh 1st Qtr.83

1 209 -16.1

16.3

Tonne

Mn kWh 1st Qtr.83

1st Qtr.83

573 -4.4

16.1

316 655 -25.7

-6.4

Residential

sq. m '000

1st Qtr.83

111 -40.5

-32.0

Commercial

sq. m '000

1st Qtr.83

135

10.2

-47.4

Industrial

sq. m 1st Qtr.83 '000

65 -58.3

-82.2

Others

sq. m 1st Qtr.83 '000

50 272.9

135.1

Total

sq. m 1st Qtr.83 '000

361

-24.6

-55.3

48