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APPENDICES
APPENDIX 20
(Chapter 8: Employment)
Number of Establishments (excluding Civil Service) by Selected
Industry Group
Industry Sector/Major Industry Group
Mining and quarrying
Manufacturing
Food product, beverage and tobacco manufactures
Wearing apparel
1992
1993
1994
9
41 937 789
39 238
34 068
812
789
5 840
5 656
4 153
Leather and leather products and footwear
694
557
377
Textiles
4 422
4 136
3 931
Wood and cork products, furniture and fixtures
1 347
1 083
925
Paper and paper products
1 295
1 187
952
Printing, publishing and allied industries
4 394
4 820
4 827
Chemicals and chemical products, products of petroleum and coal
741
698
646
Rubber and plastic products
4 239
3 312
2 632
Non-metallic mineral products
351
322
315
Basic metal
211
177
160
Fabricated metal products
5 621
5 134
4 341
Office, accounting and computing machines
160
189
202
Radio, television & communication equipment
284
183
156
Electronic parts and components
368
410
301
Electrical appliances & houseware
302
259
217
Transport equipment
Other machinery and equipment
Professional instrument and optical goods
Other manufacturing industries
- Electricity and gas
5 831
5 408
4 747
541
574
544
1 479
3.030
1 374 2 947
1 082 2771
22
31
23
Wholesale, retail and import]export trades, restaurants and hotels
160 446
170 085
192 336
Wholesale
17 088
17 154
17.049
Retail
54 694
51 726
53 558
Import/Export
77 907
91 262
111 132
Restaurants
9 473
8 897
9 491
Hotels and boarding houses
Transport, storage and communication
1 284
1 047
1 106
6 904
7 923
8 985
Land passenger transport
Water and air transport
Supporting services to transport
Services incidental to transport
Storage
8
9
10
546
733
758
2019
2 275
2 522
3 489
3.996
4 546
353
370
389
Insurance
Communication
Financing, insurance, real estate and business services
Financial institutions
Stock, commodity and bullion brokers
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
489
540
760
36 411
41 307
48 148
5 507
6 503
7 556
953
973
1 086
4 474
5 104
5 107
10 545
11 133
13 419
14 932
17 594
20 980
זי
23 626
23 988
25 859
992
985
1 109
2041
2067
2 182
3 970
4 234
4 381
2.333
2 308
2 463
2 717
3 141
3 422
11 573
11 253
12 302
269 355
282 581
309 428
Notes: (1) Figures refer to September of the year.
(2) Data are based on the Quarterly Survey of Employment and Vacancies conducted by the Census and Statistics Department. (3) Figures in this appendix do not cover the following activities:
(i) Agriculture and fishing.
(ii) Construction.
(iii) Hawkers and retail pitches (other than market stalls).
(iv) Taxis, public light buses, goods vehicles, barges, lighters and stevedoring services.
(v) Veterinary services, religious organisations, authors and other independent artists, domestic helpers and miscellaneous recreational and
personal services.
(4) Unlike 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 ‘knit outerwear and underwear' which has been included in the clothing industry.