APPENDICES
Leather and leather products and footwear, manufacturing
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(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
Food product, beverage and tobacco manufactures
Wearing apparel, manufacturing
Textiles industries
1999
2000
2001
353 244 720
154 226 205
179
22 115
22 464
40 322
36 330
202 984 23 150 29 602
683
609
502
30 836
27 489
Wood and cork products, furniture and fixtures, manufacturing
2015
1 198
Paper and paper products, manufacturing
3.993
3 749
26 617
987 2 786
Printing, publishing and allied industries
44 356
43 849
44 050
Chemicals and chemical products, products of petroleum and coal, manufacturing
5 570
5 124
4 846
Rubber and plastic products, manufacturing
8 775
7.601
6 045
Non-metallic mineral products, manufacturing
3011
2211
1 745
Basic metal, manufacturing
1 392
1 237
1 142
Fabricated metal products, manufacturing
13 022
11 185
Office, accounting and computing machines, manufacturing
2 780
2.808
8 914 3915
Radio, television & communications equipment and apparatus, manufacturing Electronic parts and components, manufacturing
2476
2 150
17 245
18 085
2 144 11 753
Electrical appliances & houseware and electronic toys, manufacturing
1 143
708
594
Machinery, equipment, apparatus, parts and components, n.e.c., manufacturing Transport equipment, manufacturing
17 761
14 901
11 471
9 684
8 859
9 013
Professional & scientific, measuring & controlling equipment, n.c.c., and
5696
4 108
3 610
Other manufacturing industries
Wholesale
photographic & optical goods, manufacturing
Electricity and gas
Wholesale, retail and import/export trades, restaurants and hotels
Retail
Import/export
Restaurants
Hotels and boarding houses
Transport, storage and communications
Land passenger transport
Water and air transport
11 845
11 540
10 098
8 606
8 203
1 002 263
1 009 094
8 096 996-971
71 819
67 627
66 082
201 421
215 037
210 228
510012
509 375
500 719
190 909
187 772
193 127
28 102
29 283
26 815
171 996
176 949
181 698
32 080
31 966
32 472
32093
32 590
32 852
Supporting services to transport
22 282
23 199
26 625
Services incidental to transport
44 919
45 939
46 354
Storage
4 476
4 959
5 291
Telecommunications
27 886
36 146
38 296
Miscellaneous communications services (excl. telecommunications services)
10 218
Financing, insurance, real estate and business services
415 326
434 105
433 874
Financial institutions
120 758
119 152
117 905
Stock, commodity and bullion brokers
Insurance
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
16 042
14961
15 908
24 737
24 751
27 256
89 429
79 958
80 658
164 360
195 283
192 147
336 493
354 537
385 053
39 970
45 793
48 098
108 468
114 874
122 856
68 543
67 572
73 078
37 747
42 572
53 356
31 954
32 820
34 364
49 811
50 906
53 301
2 179 757
2 209 247
2 208 855
Manual workers at construction sites
Notes: (a) Figures refer to December of the year.
71 789
83 924
76 601
(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:
(1) 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. Manual workers at construction sites include craftsmen, semi-skilled and unskilled workers.
With the implementation of "Hong Kong Standard Industrial Classification Version 1.1" in October 2001, the major industry group "Communications" is splitted into "Telecommunications" and "Miscellaneous communications services (excl. telecommunications services)",
'n.e.c.' denotes not elsewhere classified.
Source: Employment Statistics Section, Census and Statistics Department.
(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2582 5076)
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