APPENDICES
APPENDIX 23
(Chapter 7: Employment)
Number of Establishments (other than those in the Civil Service) by Selected Major Industry Group and Number of Construction Sites
Industry Sector/Major Industry Group
1996
1997
1998
Mining and quarrying
Manufacturing
Food product, beverage and tobacco manufactures
Wearing apparel
7
5
27 316
26.397
651
707
7 23 631 627
3 008
2 697
2 396
Leather and leather products and footwear
211
201
168
Textiles
2 854
2 798
2 384
Wood and cork products, furniture and fixtures
649
658
553
Paper and paper products
850
778
680
Printing, publishing and allied industries
4 770
4 873
4 684
Chemicals and chemical products, products of petroleum and coal
520
532
500
Rubber and plastic products
1914
1 884
1 571
Non-metallic mineral products
248
258
259
Basic metal
110
107
97
Fabricated metal products
3 394
3 138
2731
Office, accounting and computing machines
208
203
190
Radio, television and communication equipment
101
116
77
Electronic parts and components
229
259
267
Electrical appliances and houseware
110
123
85
Other machinery and equipment
3902
3 555
3 087
Transport equipment
500
500
495
Professional instrument and optical goods
782
726
629
Other manufacturing industries
2.305
2 284
2 151
Electricity and gas
24
25
22
Wholesale, retail and import/export trades, restaurants and hotels
183 291
183 746
172 279
Wholesale
17 666
18 034
16 142
Retail
52 684
52 466
51 085
Import/Export
103 138
103 360
95 298
Restaurants
8 920
9 069
8 959
Hotels and boarding houses
883
817
795
Transport, storage and communications
9 293
9 526
9 080
Land passenger transport
9
10
Water and air transport
586
649
10 505
Supporting services to transport
2632
2 839
2 807
Services incidental to transport
4 774
4 756
4 439
Storage
367
398
370
Communications
925
874
949
Financing, insurance, real estate and business services
46 270
47 651
45 733
Financial institutions
6917
6 956
Stock, commodity and bullion brokers
1 229
986
6 285 976
Insurance
5 243
5 160
5817
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
12 120
13 247
11 676
20 761
21 302
20.979
24 930
25 091
24 991
1 209
1 004
1 063
2 340
2 539
2 517
4 107
4 132
4 218
2 535
2 670
2 649
3 033
2 723
2 640
11 706
12 023
11 904
291 131
292 441
275 743
1 143
1 142
1 082
Construction sites
Notes: (a) Figures refer to September of the year.
(b) Data are based on the Quarterly Survey of Employment and Vacancies and the Quarterly Employment Survey of Construction Sites
conducted by the Census and Statistics Department.
(c) Figures in this appendix do not cover establishments in the following activities:
(i) Agriculture and fishing.
(ii) Construction (other than construction sites).
(iii) Hawkers and retail pitches (other than market stalls).
(iv) Taxis, public light buses, goods vehicles, barges, lighters and stevedoring services.
(v) Public administration, veterinary services, religious organizations, authors and other independent artists, domestic helpers and
miscellaneous recreational and personal services.
(d) Unlike Chapters 6 and 7, the textiles industry in this appendix includes 'knit outerwear and underwear'; however, the textiles industry
quoted in Chapters 6 and 7 does not cover 'knit outerwear and underwear' which has been included in the clothing industry.
Source: Employment Statistics Section, Census and Statistics Department.
(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2582 5076)
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