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Business Performance of the IT&T Sector4.8 4.8 Owing to the expansion in the related market909 in recent years, gross output of the IT&T sector1,172 increased from $90.9 billion in 1998 to $117.228.9% 4.1billion in 2007, respresenting an increase of 28.9%.(Table 4.1)4.9 4.9 Similarly, the value added of the IT&T sectoras a whole increased by 41.0%, from $39.3 billion41.0% 393 554 in 1998 to $55.4 billion in 2007. During theperiod, the contribution in terms of value added of3.2%the IT&T sector to Gross Domestic Product (GDP)3.6% 4.1also rose from 3.2% to 3.6%. (Table 4.1)Operating Characteristics of the IT&TSector4.10 4.10 Average number of persons engaged per11.6 establishment in the IT&T sector dropped by 20.1%9.2 20.1%4.1 from 11.6 in 1998 to 9.2 in 2007. (Table 4.1)4.11 4.11 Average gross output per establishment in the1,580 IT&T sector also decreased by 15.5%, from1,330 15.5% $15.8 million in 1998 to $13.3 million in 2007. 4.1(Table 4.1)4.12 4.12 Starting from the reference year of 2001,statistics on compensation of employees, grosssurplus and gross additions to fixed assets for theIT&T sector were also compiled.4.13 4.13 Value added, being a measure of the netoutput of economic activities, is distributed as areturn to the various factors of production, viz.labour, capital and entrepreneurship, in the form ofcompensation of employees, interest payments andgross surplus respectively.4.14 4.14 For the IT&T sector in 2007, compensation of41.8% employees amounted to 41.8% of value added. Onthe other hand, the ratio of gross additions to fixed0.404.1 assets to compensation of employees for the IT&Tsector was 0.40. (Table 4.1)69 Hong Kong as an Information Society 2009