Table 18
(Chapter 6: Employment)
Appendices
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Number of Establishments and Persons Engaged (other than those in Civil Service) by Industry, and Number of Construction Sites and Manual Workers at Construction Sites
2010
2014
2015
Number of
Number of
Number of
Industry (1)
Number of establishments
persons
engaged
Number of establishments
persons
engaged
Number of establishments
persons
engaged
Mining and quarrying
3
83
2
80
2
72
Manufacturing
12,441
117,590
11,056
101,480
Electricity and gas supply, and
324
11,075
422
11,039
10,705 398
98,879
10,964
waste management
Import/export, wholesale
178,243
813,230
183,840
827,738
180,506
813,536
and retail trades
Import and export trade
101,575
500,817
103,864
494,115
101,698
484,071
Wholesale
14,955
64,064
14,055
62,070
13,666
61,393
Retail
61,713
248,349
65,921
271,553
65,142
268,072
Accommodation(2) and food
15,911
255,288
17,874
285,554
17,860
283,269
services
Accommodation services(2)
978
33,386
1,191
40,596
1,221
40,012
Food and beverage services
14,933
221,902
16,683
244,958
16,639
243,257
Transportation, storage,
9,484
161,544
9,757
176,638
9,641
178,497
postal and courier services
Information and
9,958
88,894
12,595
105,215
12,732
106,527
communications
Financing and insurance
19,026
196,413
22,723
217,249
23,261
220,436
Real estate
12,942
112,542
15,296
128,773
15,645
128,650
Professional and business
36,899
314,344
44,484
358,128
45,655
363,285
services
Social and personal services
39,018
432,812
47,791
490,967
49,240
501,919
All industries above
334,249
2,503,815
365,840 2,702,861
365,645 2,706,034
Construction sites(3)
1,101
55,425
1,261
86,343
1,391
101,982
Notes: Figures refer to the end of December of the year.
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,
(1) Figures in this table do not cover establishments and persons engaged in the following activities:
(1)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing (entire industry section).
(ii)
Construction (other than construction sites).
(iii)
Hawkers and retail pitches (other than market stalls).
(iv) Taxis, public light buses, and part of goods vehicles and inland freight water transport.
(v) Monetary authorities and self-employed insurance agents with no business registration.
(vi) Renting and leasing of recreational and sports goods.
(vii) Public administration (entire industry section).
(viii) Work activities within domestic households; activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies; and religious organisations, authors
and other independent artists, and some social and personal services.
(2) 'Accommodation services' refers to hotels, guesthouses, boarding houses and other establishments providing short-term accommodation.
(3) For construction sites, establishments' refers to the number of sites while 'persons engaged' refers to manual workers only. Manual workers
at construction sites include skilled, semi-skilled and general workers.
Source: Employment Statistics and Central Register of Establishments Section, Census and Statistics Department
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