APPENDICES
Food product, beverage and tobacco manufactures
APPENDIX 24
(Chapter 7: Employment)
Number of Persons Engaged (other than those in the Civil Service) by Selected Major Industry Group and Number of Manual Workers at Construction Sites
Industry Sector/Major Industry Group
Mining and quarrying
Manufacturing
Wearing apparel
1996
1997
1998
486
418
462
327 464
309 160
22 434
22 188
257 042 20 918
66 023
55 555
44 933
Leather and leather products and footwear
1 442
1 226
861
Textiles
49 351
43 901
35 120
Wood and cork products, furniture and fixtures
2 332
2 468
1 817
Paper and paper products
6 886
5 938
4 719
Printing, publishing and allied industries.
44 436
45 844
44 362
Chemicals and chemical products, products of petroleum and coal
6 294
6 329
5 701
Rubber and plastic products
13 345
12 641
9 020
Non-metallic mineral products
3111
3 187
2 351
Basic metal
1816
1 691
1 463
Fabricated metal products
20 550
18 954
15 039
Office, accounting and computing machines
6 323
4 978
2 335
Radio, television and communication equipment
1 903
1 902
1 507
Other machinery and equipment
Electronic parts and components
Electrical appliances and houseware
Transport equipment
Professional instrument and optical goods
Other manufacturing industries
Electricity and gas
Wholesale, retail and import/export trades, restaurants and hotels
16 074
20 910
16 540
2 324
1 804
1 284
24 842
22 607
19 468
9 663
9 970
10 222
12 165
10 935
6 973
16 150
16 132
12 409
11 390
9.792
9 132
1 046 561
1 026 562
946 574
Wholesale
Retail
Import/Export
Restaurants
80 214
82 004
81 385
207 169
213 769
189 910
535 553
510 185
469 654
186 970
184 930
176 471
Hotels and boarding houses
Transport, storage and communications
36 655
35 674
29 154
179 755
177 566
169 562
Land passenger transport
27 456
29 309
32 159
Water and air transport
36 338
34 804
33 057
Supporting services to transport
21 700
21 663
21 915
Services incidental to transport
50 013
49 325
43 276
Storage
5 917
6 084
4.990
Communications
38 331
36 381
34 165
Financing, insurance, real estate and business services
391 151
415 943
398 056
Financial institutions
120 092
127 012
114 845
Stock, commodity and bullion brokers
15 248
16 692
13 577
Insurance
27 561
21 591
26 451
Real estate
75 841
85 232
78 824
Business services
Community, social and personal services
Sanitary and similar services
Education and related services
Medical and health services
Other community and social services
152 409
165 416
164 359
314 516
313 861
323 854
39 622
31 436
37 259
93 994
99 866
104 364
61 471
62 287
67 042
31 805
35 757
36 758
Amusement and recreational services Personal services
36 549
34 064
31 794
51 075
50 451
46 637
Total
2 271 323
2 253 302
2 104 682
76 580
78 106
75 810
Manual workers at construction sites
Notes: (a) Figures refer to September of the year.
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(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 outworkers in the manufacturing sector and persons engaged in the following activities:
(i) Agriculture and fishing.
(ii) Construction (other than manual workers at 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. (e) Manual workers at construction sites include craftsmen, semi-skilled and unskilled workers.
Source: Employment Statistics Section, Census and Statistics Department.
(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2582 5076)