Appendix 17
-Contd (Chapter 7: Employment)
375
Major group/Group
Sep 1986
No. of establishments Sep 1987*
No. of persons engaged
Sep 1988
Sep 1986
Sep 1987*
Sep 1988
Plastic products
Plastic flowers and foliage
234
211
178
1 754
1 530
Plastic toys
1776
1 645
1 516
47 380
39 850
1 274 30 675
Miscellaneous plastic products, except plastic flowers and
foliage and plastic toys
3 450
3 862
3 878
40 313
42 449
40 463
Sub-total
5 460
5 718
5 572
89 447
83 829
72 412
Non-metallic mineral products, except products of petroleum
and coal
Glass and glass products
Others
Sub-total
129
124
126
1 359
1 374
1 346
236
270
301
3. 103
3 589
3 024
365
394
427
4 462
4963
4 370
Basic metal industries
Iron and steel basic industries
Others
Sub-total
97
106
102
1 557
1 560
1 401
171
176
181
1 761
2019
1979
268
282
283
3 318
3 579
3.380
Fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment Aluminium ware
60
55
57
2 830
2715
2 580
Buffing and polishing and electro-plating
757
781
789
7 770
7018
7.134
Hand tools and general hardware
222
197
183
2246
2 230
1 878
Metal toys
217
238
245
3 406
3 022
2 887
Structural metal products
1011
1 049
022
5 152
5 018
4 662
Torches, torch cases and parts, except torch bulbs
93
97
87
4 361
4 141
3 475
Wrist watch bands
361
329
343
4 470
4 030
3 996
Others
3 956
4 064
4053
33 933
34 301
34 548
Sub-total
6 677
6 810
6779
64 168
62 475
61 160
Machinery except electrical
Special industrial machinery and equipment, except metal
and wood working machinery
1 185
1 347
1 422
7 750
8 562
9 478
Office machinery
Others
2 961
Sub-total
4 167
Electrical machinery, apparatus, appliances and supplies Dry batteries
Electrical appliances and housewares
Electrical industrial machinery and apparatus
Electronic machinery, apparatus, appliances and supplies
1 090
2008
21
38
40
809
1 187
1 624
3 233
3.493
15 713
15 891
17 425
4 618
4 955
24 272
25 640
28 527
24
19
19
1 503
1 409
391
392
378
20 121
21 200
1 610 17 802
209
192
179
5 255
5422
4 772
1 229
1 229
75 178
79 644
85 232
Sound reproducing and recording equipment and apparatus Torch and electric bulbs and tubes
132
128
111
11 257
10 524
7 828
81
75
69
1311
982
868
52
47
44
467
471
430
1979
2082
2029
115 092
119 652
118 542
Others
Sub-total
Transport equipment
Aircraft repairing
Ship building and repairing-shipyards
Others
Sub-total
Professional and scientific, measuring and controlling
1
4 402
4 430
4 306
65
508
574
188888
58
58
4 586
4 492
4 477
487
457
3 676
4 167
3 875
546
516
12 664
13 089
12 658
equipment, and photographic and optical goods
Photographic and optical goods
187
200
197
10 966
11 238
10 449
Metal cases, dials and parts for watches and clocks except
movements and watch bands
650
729
789
10 405
11 236
11 202
Watches and clocks, mechanical
42
36
38
1 378
883
989
Watches and clocks, electronic
580
554
559
16 552
15 480
14 993
Others
13
17
18
Sub-total
1 472
1536
1 601
103 39 404
109 38 946
71 37 704
Other manufacturing industries
Artifical pearls and imitation jewellery
427
515
523
3 572
4 373
Jewellery and related articles
769
888
970
11 296
13 897
4 432 15 119
Toys other than plastic toys, metal toys and wooden toys Wigs and hair products
200
195
179
22
22
22
1954 352
1 909
1 483
228
196
Others
1965
Sub-total
3 383
1 875 3.495
1 818
14 406
3 512
31 580
14 020 34 427
12 689 33 919
Total
48 623
50 409
50 606
869 753
875 250
844 575
Note: * Revised figures based on the up-to-date industry information obtained from the 1986 Industry Updating Survey.