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Appendix II

(Chapter 4: Employment)

Number of Persons Employed in Registered and Recorded Industrial Undertakings in Main Industrial Groups

Industrial undertakings

Persons employed

Industry

Metal ore mining

1970

1971

1972

1970

1971

1972

1

1

1

333

282

269

Other mining

Food manufacturing

39

37

28

807

993

835

656

689

755

11,106

11,117

11,821

Beverage industries

:

1':

24

23

24

2,629

2,883

2,957

Tobacco manufactures

3

3

3

1,022

1,034

947

Manufacture of textiles

2,540

2,924

3,110

127,466

126,502

120,900

Wearing apparel except footwear

2,299

2,929

3,364

110,974

131,435

143,189

Leather and leather products except footwear Footwear except vulcanised, moulded rubber or

61

69

68

790

1,356

1,295

plastic footwear

198

252

++

258

3,888

4,819

4,491

Wood, and wood and cork products except furniture

504

542

636

6,059

6,138

6,357

Furniture and fixtures except primarily of metal

347

421

553

3,631

4,166

4,725

Paper and paper products

411

458

543

6,269

6,191

6,786

Printing and publishing

1,078

1,138

1,201

18,484

19,112

18,989

Industrial chemicals

:

30

30

31

694

615

677

Other chemical products

122

131

160

3,676

3,373

4,400

Petroleum refineries

1

1

2

8

7

12

Rubber products

337

346

351

12,042

10,908

8,398

Plastic products.

2,756

3,019

3,235

70,958

68,950_

72,124

Pottery, china and earthenware

16

18

25

227

287

306

Glass and glass products

75

74

82

2,047

2,040

2,133

Other non-metallic mineral products

36

37

41

942

857

886

Iron and steel basic industries ...

72

66

70

2,014

1,777

1,689

Non-ferrous metal basic industries

75

81

89

869

1,029

1,164

Fabricated metal products

+++

2,586

2,934

3,350

46,673

45,850

49,690

Manufacture of machinery

732

775

844

7,454

8,406

9,329

Electrical machinery! apparatus, appliances and

supplies

446

511

570

48,829

52,538 62,405

Transport equipment

Professional and scientific, and measuring and

59

74

82 13,493

15,723

14,485

Ji

controlling equipment, and photographic and optical goods

Other manufacturing industries

Electricity, gas and steam

Wholesale trade

Land transport

Services allied to transport

Communication ...

Motion picture and other entertainment services

Repair services

Laundry and dry cleaning

Miscellaneous personal services

146

149

179

7,155

7,577

7,902

897

918

848

39,779

29,680

20,798

::

12

12

13

6,665

6,404

6,037

13

13

17

644

600

648

++

:

:

:

8

9

9

10,421

9,455

8,718

54

73

88

4,708

4,890

4,690

2

2

3

6,531

7,240

7,994

16

21

29

2,172

2,220

1,935

295

326

406

5,313

6,269

6,934

:

287

291

308

2,694

2,605

2,691

5

5

10

39

39

78

Totals

:

17,239

19,402

21,386

589,505

605,367 619,684

Note: The figures in this appendix are compiled from voluntary returns made by managements of industrial under-

takings registered with or recorded by the Labour Department.

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