APPENDICES
APPENDIX 17
(Chapter 8: Employment)
Number of Establishments in Private Sector by Industry
Industry Group
1991
1992
1993
Mining and quarrying
7
9
9
Manufacturing
Food product, beverage and tobacco manufactures
46 276 884
41 937
39 238
789
812
Wearing apparel
7 336
5 840
5 656
Leather and leather products and footwear
831
694
557
Textiles
5055
4 422
4 136
Wood and cork products, furniture and fixture
1 530
1 347
1 083
Paper and paper products
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1 460
1 295
1 187
Printing, publishing and allied industries
4 569
4 394
4 820
Chemicals and chemical products, products of petroleum and coal
772
741
698
Rubber and plastic products
4 539
4 239
3 312
Non-metallic mineral products
385
351
322
Basic metal
219
211
177
Fabricated metal products
6 092
5 621
5 134
Office, accounting and computing machines
220
160
189
Radio, television & communication equipment
283
284
183
Electronic parts and components
Electrical appliances & houseware
430
368
410
296
302
259
Other machinery and equipments
5 922
5 831
5 408
Transport equipment
589
541
574
Other manufacturing industries
Professional instrument and optical goods
Electricity, gas and water
1 624
1 479
3 244
3 030
21
22
1 374 2947 31
Wholesale, retail and import/export trades, restaurants and hotels
151 648
160 446
170 085
Wholesale
16 533
17 088
17 154
Retail
54 162
54 694
51 726
Import/Export
70 159
77 907
91 262
Restaurants
9 102
9 473
8 897
Hotels and boarding houses
Transport, storage and communication
1 693
1 284
1 047
6 288
6904
7 923
Land passenger transport
Water and air transport
Supporting services to transport
8
8
9
571
546
733
1 604
2019
2275
Storage
Services incidental to transport
Communications
Financing, insurance, real estate and business services
Financial institutions
3 334
3.489
3 996
322
353
370
449
489
540
33 749
36 411
41 307
4 891
5 507
6 503
Stock, commodity and bullion brokers
Insurance
Real estate
Business services
Community, social and personal services
Sanitary and similar services
Education and related services
Medical and health services
Other community and social services
Amusement and recreational services
Personal services
Total
Notes:
(1) Figures refer to September of the year.
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1 048
953
973
4 795
4 474
5 104
9 569
10 545
11 133
13 445
14 932
17 594
23 861
23 626
23 988
934
992
985
2 165
2041
2067
4 082
3 970
4 234
2437
2333
2.308
2786
2717
3 141
11 457
11 573
11 253
261 850
269 355
282 581
(2) Data are based on the Survey of Employment, Vacancies and Payroll conducted by the Census and Statistics Department.
This appendix does not cover activities of the following industries:
(i) Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing.
(ii) Construction.
(iii) Hawkers and retail pitches (other than market stalls).
(iv) Taxis, public light buses, marine cargo handling services and tow boats.
(v) Veterinary services, religious organizations, authors and other independent artists, domestic servants and miscellaneous recreational
and personal services.
(4) As from March 1991, the Hong Kong Standard Industrial Classification (HSIC) is adopted for the classification of economic activities in place of International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC). Figures from March 1991 onwards are therefore available only in HSIC and are not strictly comparable to those in the past series which are in ISIC.
(5) Comparing with Chapters 7 and 8, the textiles industry in this Appendix includes 'knit outerwear and underwear", however, the textiles industry quoted in Chapters 7 and 8 does not cover the 'knit outerwear and underwear' as they have been included in the 'clothing industry'.
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