Table 18
Appendices
6
(Chapter 7: Employment)
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
2013
2017
2018
Number of
Industry (1)
Number of establishments
persons
engaged
Number of establishments
Number of
persons engaged
Number of
Number of establishments
persons
engaged
Mining and quarrying
2
78
2
49
1
31
Manufacturing
11,541
103,683
9,553
91,442
9,347
90,097
Electricity and gas supply, and
417
10,956
397
11,228
404
11,324
waste management
Import/export, wholesale
181,663
820,526
177,319
807,499
177,674
808,511
and retail trades
Import and export trade
101,796
490,308
100,523
477,820
99,986
474,758
Wholesale
14,480
62,515
13,574
60,415
13,450
59,676
Retail
65,387
267,703
63,222
269,264
64,238
274,077
Accommodation(2) and food
17,068
277,794
18,159
283,505
19,409
294,278
services
Accommodation services(2)
1.148
40,585
1,242
39,884
1,271
42,234
Food and beverage services
15,920
237,209
16,917
243,621
18,138
252,044
Transportation, storage,
9,701
171,620
9,833
180,251
10,194
180,139
postal and courier services
Information and
12,224
103,248
14,109
107,122
14,708
109,935
communications
Financing and insurance
22,516
213,490
25,792
227,156
26,848
233,480
Real estate
15,198
126,523
16,486
131,855
16,911
134,972
Professional and business
43,836
353,817
47,591
377,659
49,166
385,872
services
Social and personal services
45,562
466,088
51,005
517,373
52,154
527,659
All industries above
359,728
2,647,823
370,246
2,735,139
376,816 2,776,298
Construction sites(3)
1,309
80,061
1,439
122,761
1,489
103,017
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:
(
(ii)
(iii)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing (entire industry section).
Construction (other than construction sites).
Hawkers and retail pitches (other than market stalls).
(iv) Taxis, public light buses, certain types of goods vehicles, and inland freight water transport.
Monetary authorities and self-employed insurance agents with no business registration.
(v)
(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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