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Appendix 13
(Chapter 4: Employment)
Number of Establishments and Employment in Manufacturing Industry Analysed by Main Industrial Groups
Establishments
Persons engaged
Industry
Food products
Beverages
Tobacco
Dec 1976 Dec 1977 Dec 1978
Dec 1976 Dec 1977 Dec 1978
1 190
1 117
1 163
15 209
15 274
16 351
27
28
31
2958
3 260
3 543
4
3
3
784
774
768
L
Textiles
3 902
3 721
3615
115912
102 461
97 013
Wearing apparel, except footwear
8 622
8714
9 070
265913
251 273
266 447
Leather and leather products, except footwear
and wearing apparel
138
132
142
2.359
2 075
2157
Footwear except rubber, plastic and wooden
footwear
468
452
437
4976
5.001
5 059
-
Wood and cork products, except furniture
1 223
1 288
1 296
7691
7 868
7876
Furniture and fixtures, except primarily of metal
1236
1 299
1 399
8 494
8732
9 183
Paper and paper products
1 009
1 086
1 091
9 002
9 619
9 785
Printing, publishing and allied industries
1 881
2062
2 181
22 353
22091
23 278
Chemicals and chemical products
439
447
501
5 534
5 822
6231
Products of petroleum and coal
3
4
6
18
24-
76
Rubber products
359
372
399
6312
5 394
6131
Plastic products
3 844
3.995
4314
76994
78 449
84415
Non-metallic mineral products, except products
of petroleum and coal
303
332
350
3947
4 056
4 479
Basic metal industries
302
326
330
3 807
4 100
4 360
Fabricated metal products, except machinery
and equipment
6113
6 481
7 034
69 781
70931
77 758
Machinery except electrical
1 354
1 386
1 413
11 971
11967
12 503
Electrical machinery, apparatus, appliances
and supplies
1 228
1 332
1 499
88 057
89 525
96 695
Transport equipment
248
270
303
11 810
12 205
13 399
Professional and scientific, measuring and
controlling equipment, and photographic and optical goods
442
470
601
18 449
20 635
25772
Other manufacturing industries
1968
2251
Total
36 303
37 568
2 428
39 606
21 415
773 746
23 572
755 108
26747
800 026
Note: Figures refer to all manufacturing establishments known to the Census and Statistics Department, including those
registered with or recorded by the Labour Department.