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APPENDICES
Food product, beverage and tobacco manufactures
APPENDIX 28
(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
1998
1999
2000
402 245 457
353
154
244 720
20 498
22 115
44 370
40 322
226 205 22 464 36 330
Leather and leather products and footwear
857
683
609
Textiles
32 675
30 836
27 489
Wood and cork products, furniture and fixtures
1 826
2015
1 198
Paper and paper products
4 002
3.993
3 749
Printing, publishing and allied industries
42 007
44 356
43 849
Chemicals and chemical products, products of petroleum and coal
5 255
5 570
5 124
Rubber and plastic products
8 543
8 775
7 601
Non-metallic mineral products
2602
3 011
2211
Basic metal
1 463
1 392
1 237
Fabricated metal products
14 611
13 022
11 185
Office, accounting and computing machines
2764
Professional instrument and optical goods
Radio, television and communication equipment
Electronic parts and components
Electrical appliances and houseware
Other machinery and equipment
Transport equipment
Other manufacturing industries
Electricity and gas
1 727
2476
16 045
17 245
2 780
2.808
2 150 18 085
1 218
1 143
708
16 437
17 761
14 901
9 518
9 684
8 859
7 096
5.696
4 108
11 943
11 845
11 540
9 302
8 606
8 203
Wholesale, retail and import/export trades, restaurants and hotels
913 070
1 002 263
Wholesale
75 162
71 819
Retail
185 568
201 421
1 009 094
67 627
215 037
Import/Export
452 539
510 012
509 375
Restaurants
171 541
190 909
187 772
Hotels and boarding houses
Transport, storage and communications
28 260
28 102
29 283
168 619
171 996
176 949
Land passenger transport
32.956
32 080
31 966
Water and air transport
33 706
32 093
32 590
Supporting services to transport
22 161
22 282
23 199
Services incidental to transport
42 648
44 919
45 939
Storage
4 623
4 476
4 959
Communications
32 525
36 146
38 296
Financing, insurance, real estate and business services
390 454
415 326
434 105
Financial institutions
116 520
120 758
119 152
Stock, commodity and bullion brokers
13 639
16 042
14 961
Insurance
23 994
24 737
24 751
Real estate
77 795
89 429
79 958
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
All industry sectors above
158 506
164 360
195 283
326 395
336 493
354 537
36 481
39 970
45 793
105 254
108 468
114 874
67 830
68 543
67 572
37 179
37 747
42 572
31 639
31 954
32 820
48 012
49 811
50 906
2 053 699
2 179 757
2 209 247
Manual workers at construction sites
72 253
71 789
83 924
Notes: (a) Figures refer to December of the year.
(b) Figures 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 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)