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Appendix 13
(Chapter 5: Employment)
Number of Establishments and Employment in Manufacturing Industry Analysed by Main Industrial Groups
Establishments
Persons engaged
Industry
Food products
Beverages
Tobacco
Dec 1977 Dec 1978* Dec 1979
Dec 1977 Dec 1978* Dec 1979
1,117
1,175
1,153
15,274
16,454
16,567
28
31
26
3,260
3,543
3,444
=
3
3
774
768
812
Textiles
3,721
3,734-
3,657
102,461 98,607 100,825
Wearing apparel, except footwear
8,714
9,456
9,647
251,273
271,318 277,270
Leather and leather products, except footwear and
wearing apparel
132
146
148
2,075
2,184
2,605
Footwear except rubber, plastic and wooden footwear
452
444
435
5,001
5,106
6,115
=
Wood and cork products, except furniture
1,288
1,324
1,273
7,868
8,128
8,310
Furniture and fixtures, except primarily of metal
1,299
1,432
1,418
8,732
9,388
9,415
Paper and paper products
1,086
1,133
1,180
9,619
10,049
11,177
Printing, publishing and allied industries
2,062
2,292
2,457
22,091
23,936
25,129
Chemicals and chemical products
447
523
577
5,822
6,354
6,874
Products of petroleum and coal
4
6
5
24
76
120
Rubber products
372
407
435
5,394
6,198
5,298
"Plastic products
3,995
4,515
4,674
78,449
86,512
87,853
Non-metallic mineral products, except products
of petroleum and coal
332
359
366
4,056
4,579
4,803
Basic metal industries
326
344
333
4,100
4,439
4,196
Fabricated metal products, except machinery and
equipment
6,481
7,357
7,330
70,931
80,106 84,805
Machinery except electrical
1,386
1,478
1,471
11,967 12,910 13,582
Electrical machinery, apparatus, appliances and supplies
1,332
1,576
1,860
89,525
97,962 117,713
Transport equipment
270
318
307
12,205
13,482 14,127
Professional and scientific, measuring and controlling equipment, and photographic and optical goods
470
662
920
Other manufacturing industries
2,251
2,525
2,606
23,572 27,798
20,635 26,786 39,345
30,513
Total
37,568
41,240
42,282
755,108 816,683
870,898
Note: Figures refer to all manufacturing establishments known to the Census and Statistics Department, including those registered
with or recorded by the Labour Department.
* Revised figures.