TNAG-2977-FCO40-1469-Economic-policy-in-Hong-Kong-1982 — Page 228

Statistical aggregates

and variables

% change over

Unit Reference | Magnitude

period

Previous period

Same period

a year ago

Nominal, including fringe

Sep 81

249

7.8

16.4

benefits

excluding fringe benefits

Sep 81

242

8.0

16.3

Index of construction wage

Mar 82

598

1.1

12.1

rates (Jan 70 = 100)

Other indicators

Public assistance caseload

Retrenchments reported to the Labour Department

ACTIVITY IN SELECTED SECTORS

Index of textile production

(1973 = 100)

Electricity consumption

Industrial

Commercial

Domestic

Cement production

Floor area of building

consents

Residential

no.

Mar 82

45 752

-0.5

-0.1

no.

1st Qtr.82

5 643

164.1

396.3

4th Qtr.81

95

1.1

-11.2

Mn kWh 1st Qtr.82

856

-19.3

-1.7

Mn kWh 1st Qtr.82

1 040

-12.2

8.8

Mn kWh 1st Qtr.82

493

-8.0

2.7

Tonne 1st Qtr.82

338 143

-14.5

-6.7

sq. m '000

1st Qtr.82

163

-20.5

-64.4

Commercial

sq. m 1st Qtr.82

257

-30.0

-1.5

'000

Industrial

sq. m

1st Qtr.82

365

-25.4

-21.5

'000

Others

sq. m '000

1st Qtr.82

21

16.7

-36.4

Total

sq. m 1st Qtr.82 '000

806

-25.3

-33.7

47