APPENDICES
APPENDIX 18
(Chapter 8: Employment)
Number of Establishments and Employment in Principal Manufacturing Industry Groups
Industry group(1)
Textiles and clothing
Electronics(2)
Plastics
No. of establishments
Sep 1988 Sep 1989 Sep 1990
No. of persons engaged Sep 1988 Sep 1989 Sep 1990
13 955 13 227
13 532
358 626
348 236
320 384
1939
2009
1 837
109 677
99 455
85 468
5 572
5 621
5 263
72 412
63 557
53 137
Watches and clocks(2)
1 729
1 845
1 690
31 180
30 091
27 154
Electrical appliances
689
707
672
25 482
24 104
19 153
Total of the above 5 groups(2)
23 325
22 758
22 482
582 384
550 690
491 906
(as a % of the corresponding figure of the whole manufacturing sector)
(46%)
(46%)
(46%)
(69%)
(69%)
(67%)
Notes:
(1) For a breakdown of the number of establishments and employment in manufacturing industry by the International Standard Industrial Classification Revision 2 (ISIC Rev. 2), the table in Appendix 17 should be referred to. The statistics there are presented according to the complete classification of industries by ISIC Major Group, and within each major group, by ISIC Group. The table presented here is compiled for the convenience of those readers who may be more interested in the number of establishments and employment of certain industry groups which are commonly referred to but which may not be readily derived from Appendix 17 because each of them cuts across two or more ISIC Major Groups/Groups.
(2) There is some overlapping in the industrial coverage of ‘electronics' and 'watches and clocks'. The group 'watches and clocks, electronic' is
included in both groups. However, the figures of these groups are counted only once in the 'total of the above 5 groups'.
(3) The correspondence between the industry groups in the above table and the major groups/groups in Appendix 17 is as follows:—
(i) The industry group 'textiles and clothing' shown in the above table corresponds to the total of the major groups 'textiles (including knitwear from yarn)' and 'wearing apparel, except footwear and knitwear from yarn' in Appendix 17. However, 'handbags' within the latter major group is not included.
(ii) The industry group 'electronics' shown in the above table corresponds to the total of the groups 'office machinery', *electronic machinery, apparatus, appliances and supplies', 'sound reproducing and recording equipment and apparatus' and 'watches and clocks, electronic' in Appendix 17.
(iii) The industry group 'plastics' shown in the above table corresponds to the major group "plastic products' in Appendix 17.
(iv) The industry group 'watches and clocks' shown in the above table corresponds to the total of the groups 'metal cases, dials, and parts for watches and clocks except movements and watch bands', 'watches and clocks, mechanical', 'watches and clocks, electronic' and 'wrist watch bands' in Appendix 17.
(v) The industry group 'electrical appliances' shown in the above table corresponds to the major group 'electrical machinery, apparatus, appliances and supplies' in Appendix 17. The groups 'electronic machinery, apparatus, appliances and supplies' and 'sound reproducing and recording equipment and apparatus' within the major group are however not included.
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