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HONG KONG ANNUAL REPORT
Appendix II A
(Chapter 3: Occupations, Wages and Labour Organization)
Industrial Undertakings and Persons Employed in Main Industrial Groups
U.N. Standard
Industrial
Classification
Industry
Industrial Undertakings
Persons Employed
Number
1957 1958 1959
1957 1958 1959
12
Metal Mining
3
3
751
744
21
≈ 22 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
14
Clay Pits & Quarrying
55
46
62
2,109
1,320
1,549
19
Non-metallic Mining
1
1
33
41
20
Food Manufacture
322
360
362
6,521
6,921
6,983
Beverages
30
29
29
907
904
899
22
Tobacco Manufacture
00
8
9
7
1,229 1,534 1,244
23
Manufacture of Textiles *
651
680
691
43,538 42,338 52,936
24
Footwear & Weaving Apparel *
277
680 740
14,054 28,233 47,926
25
Manufacture of Wood & Cork ..
126
185
177
2,306
2,720 2,782
26
Manufacture of Furniture
33
137
131
960
2,543 3,067
27
Paper & Paper Products
34
52
53
740
699
829
28
Printing & Publishing
375
609 624
7,298
8,265
8,614
29
Leather & Leather Products
16
15
16
360
300
270
30*
Rubber Products
73
107 108
+
7,215
8,788
7,923
31
Chemicals & Chemical Products *
93
113 113
2,719
3,288
3,140
32
Products of Petroleum & Coal
4
3
21
13
33
Non-metallic Mineral Products ..
70
96
88
1,902
2,112 2,214
34
Basic Metal Industries *
31
66
72
1,417 2,289 2,350
35
Metal Products *
470 575
578
24,367 24,342 26,473
36
Manufacture of Machinery
213 280 282
3,712 4,291 4,305
37
Electrical Apparatus
54
83
84
2,417 2,822 3,147
38
Transport & Transport
Equipment *
:
:
47
65
66
14,999 14,540 12,906
39
Miscellaneous Manufacturing
Industries *
239
447
465
8,304 13,517 17,705
40
Construction
5
7
61
73
Z O F N R
51
Electricity & Gas
8
8
7
1,517
1,827
1,466
61
Wholesale and Retail Trade
5
7
8
588
606
638
71
Transport (Baling & Packing)
5
15
72
Storage & Warehousing
3
19
73
Cable & Wireless & Telephones..
2
4 9 2
13
74
261
190
24
464
796 2,973
1
1,064
1,072 1,099
83
Motion Picture Industry ..
7
9.
479
424
437
84
Laundry & Dry Cleaning
126
Total ..
200 199
3,373 4,906 5,023
1,773 2,379 2,431
153,033 179,997 217,367
* Similar figures for selected industries in these groups are given in Appendix IIB.