Appendix 14
(Chapter 4: Employment)
Number of Establishments and Employment in Selected Manufacturing Industries
Industry
Textiles
249
Establishments
Persons engaged
Dec 1975 Dec 1976 Dec 1977
Dec 1975 Dec 1976 Dec 1977
Bleaching, dyeing and finishing
520
640
603
16 123
17 720
Cotton knitting
258
329
299
6 225
7 086
16994 6 052
Cotton spinning
39
40
33
21 040
20 464
18 892
Cotton weaving
340
418
382
29 967
32 769
25 167
Made-up textile goods except wearing apparel
360
408
389
4 722
4743
4461
Wool spinning
11
17
17
1 522
1 478
Woollen knitting
1 049
1 098
1 046
18 388
16 789
1 538 15 796
Wearing apparel, except footwear
Garments
5 370
6 596
6 519
189 661
211 098
198 519
Gloves
291
354
374
10 029
12 256
11 395
Footwear except rubber, plastic and wooden
footwear
Shoes
415
422
395
3 840
4 246
3 927
Furniture and fixtures, except primarily of metal
Wooden furniture
878
920
961
5 837
6 450
6 701
Paper and paper products
Paper boxes
646
708
762
5 632
6956
7 205
Printing, publishing and allied industries
Job printing
1212
1 399
1 542
13 441
14 661
14 554
Newspaper printing
24
34
38
3036
3 583
3 602
Rubber products
Rubber footwear
167
168
171
4783
4 799
3 858
Plastic products
Plastic flowers and foliage
390
406
422
5 656
6 885
6 865
Plastic toys
1214
1 364
1 400
33 591
41 119
42 369
Plastic products (miscellaneous)
Fabricated metal products, except machinery and
1 797
2014
2117
24 098
28 525
28 765
equipment
Aluminium ware
Electroplating
Metal toys
Padlocks and bolts
Pressure stoves and lanterns
Tools and dies
Torch cases
Wrist watch bands
Electrical machinery, apparatus, appliances and
supplies
Dry batteries
Electric bulbs
Electronics
Transport equipment
Aircraft repairing
Ship building and repairing
Professional and scientific, measuring and
controlling equipment, and photographic and
optical goods
Cameras
Watches and clocks
Other manufacturing industries
Jewellery and related articles
Wigs
82
84
86
2755
2706
2836
364
484
505
3 219
4 352
4 442
93
117
127
2 337
3 853
3 438
108
124
136
2037
2 067
2 289
32
29
32
1 625
1 581
1 678
565
816
953
3 151
4 320
4973
37
39
35
1 826
3 745
3 732
234
285
305
6 390
6 443
6 650
098998
10
460
672
37
3
57
222 22
14
89
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11
2208
2283
2 663
99
3 839
2203
2 520
711
51 570
70 998
70 188
2
2 598
2876
86
7 005
7 062
2 846 7 244
27
17
237
345
235
20
18
368
2863 9 393
4 388 12 880
4 133 15 326
500
609
668
59
45
42
6052 1 398
7 328 938
7 849
826
Note: Figures refer to all manufacturing establishments known to the Census and Statistics Department, including those
registered with or recorded by the Labour Department,