CONFIDENTIAL
Nine New Functional Constituencies (FC) in 1995 (based on industrial classification)
Functional Constituencies
Appendix II.
*(estimate of workforce)
Examples of trades in the FC
1. Primary Production, Power & Construction
(249,000)
agriculture & fisheries, mining & quarrying, electricity & gas, construction
2. Textiles and Garments
(251,000)
wearing apparel, weaving, knitting, bleaching, dyeing
3. Manufacturing
(325,000)
food manufacturing, printing, plastic products, metals, machinery, electronic products
4. Import/Export
5. Wholesale/Retail
6. Hotels and Catering
(272,000)
consumer goods, machinery
(279,000)
foodstuffs, hawkers
(211,000)
hotels, restaurants, boarding houses
7. Transport and communication
(273,000)
8. Financing, insurance, real estate and
business services
(199,000)
9. Community, social and personal services
(454,000)
4
(2,513,000)
land, water, air transport plus supporting services such as car parks, tunnels; storage (cargo warehouses)
and
communication
(telephone, paging services)
E
banking, finance and investment companies, stock, commodity and bullion brokers, insurance real estate
education
services,
services, welfare
and
medical
health institutions, business
associations, entertainment and recreation, civil service, etc.
* Note: Working population aged 18 or above, excluding potential electorate
of the 21 existing functional constituencies..
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