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
1997
1998
1999
418
309 160
22 188
462 257 042 20 918
346
244 532 21 406
55 555
44 933
43 186
Leather and leather products and footwear
1 226
861
767
Textiles
43 901
35 120
31 786
Wood and cork products, furniture and fixtures
2.468
1 817
1 898
Paper and paper products
5 938
4 719
3 846
Printing, publishing and allied industries
45 844
44 362
44 037
Chemicals and chemical products, products of petroleum and coal
6 329
5 701
5 633
Rubber and plastic products
12 641
9 020
8 407
Non-metallic mineral products
3 187
2 351
2.950
Basic metal
1 691
1 463
1 389
Fabricated metal products
18 954
15 039
12 517
Office, accounting and computing machines
4 978
2 335
2 749
Radio, television and communication equipment
1 902
I 507
2 098
Electronic parts and components
Electrical appliances and houseware
Other machinery and equipment
Transport equipment
Other manufacturing industries
Electricity and gas
20 910
16 540
17 046
1 804
1 284
1 192
22 607
19 468
17 027
9 970
10 222
9 363
Professional instrument and optical goods
10 935
6 973
5 464
16 132
12 409
11 771
9 792
9 132
8 892
Wholesale, retail and import/export trades, restaurants and hotels
1 026 562
946 574
997 542
Wholesale
82 004
81 385
71 378
Retail
213 769
189 910
206 036
Import/Export
510 185
469 654
507 499
Restaurants
184 930
176 471
184 439
Hotels and boarding houses
Transport, storage and communications
35 674
29 154
28 190
177 566
169 562
175 590
Land passenger transport
29 309
32 159
32 562
Water and air transport
34 804
33 057
31 617
Supporting services to transport
21 663
21 915
22 353
Services incidental to transport
49 325
43 276
47 293
Storage
6 084
4.990
4 620
Communications
36 381
34 165
37 145
Financing, insurance, real estate and business services
415 943
398 056
406 876
Financial institutions
127 012
114 845
122 470
Stock, commodity and bullion brokers
16 692
13 577
14 882
Insurance
21 591
26 451
27 079
Real estate
85 232
78 824
81 870
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
165 416
164 359
160 575
313 861
323 854
339 979
31 436
37 259
42 823
99 866
104 364
109 188
62 287
67 042
68 199
35 757
36 758
38 374
34 064
31 794
31 337
50 451
46 637
50 058
2 253 302
2 104 682
2 173 757
Manual workers at construction sites
78 106
75 810
68 683
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 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)
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