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APPENDICES

Gross Domestic Product at Current Prices by Economic Activity

1996

1997

1998*

%

%

%

Economic Activity

$ Million

contribu- tion

$ Million

contribu- tion

contribu-

$ Million

tion

Agriculture and fishing

1,444

0.1

1.464

0.1

1,530

0.1

Industry

175,127

15.5

181,184

14.7

179,390

15.2

Mining and quarrying

311

@

272

@

303

@

Manufacturing

82,769

7.3

80,049

6.5

73,080

6.2

Electricity, gas and water

26,989

2.4

29,212

2.4

33,548

2.8

Construction

Services

65,058

5.8

71,650

5.8

72,459

6.1

953,642

84.4 1,050,386

85.2

1,001,507

84.7

Wholesale, retail and import/export

trades, restaurants and hotels

301,277

26.7

313,270

25.4

283,919

24.0

Transport, storage and communications

111,087

9.8

112,829

9.2

109,452

9.3

Financing, insurance, real estate and

business services

284,119

25.1 322,618

26.2

302,491

25.6

Community, social and personal services

198,967

17.6 220,451

17.9

234,990

19.9

Ownership of premises

147,547

13.1

171,383

13.9

170,974

14.5

Adjustment for financial intermediation

services indirectly measured

-89,356

Production-based GDP at factor cost

1,130,212

Taxes on production and imports

62,443

-7.9 -90,164

100.0 1,233,034

85,001

-7.3

100.0 1,182,427

-100,319

-8.5

100.0

62,538

Production-based GDP at market prices

1,192,656

1,318,035

1,244,965

Expenditure-based GDP at market prices

1,191,890

1,323,862

1,266,840

Statistical discrepancy

0.1%

-0.4%

-1.7%

Notes: * Preliminary figures.

@Less than 0.05.

Source: National Income Branch (1), Census and Statistics Department.

(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2582 5077)

Gross National Product

GNP at current market prices

Per capita GNP at current market prices ($)

GNP at constant (1990) market prices

Per capita GNP at constant (1990) market prices ($)

$ Million, unless otherwise specified

1996

1997

1998*

1,192,078

1,334,337

1,290,360

188,889

205,216

192,960

789,879

835,734

801,350

125,159

128,533

119,833

Notes: GNP is derived from GDP by (a) adding total income earned by Hong Kong residents from outside Hong Kong and (b) subtracting total

income earned by non-Hong Kong residents from within Hong Kong.

*

Source:

Data on transactions and assets and liabilities of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region vis-à-vis the mainland of China are treated as external transactions. Examples are trade in goods, trade in services and external factor income flows.

Figures are subject to revisions later on.

Balance of Payments Branch (2), Census and Statistics Department.

(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2116 5231)

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