SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1977
SLIGHT DROP IN MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT
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A TOTAL OF 773,746 PEOPLE WERE EMPLOYED IN MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS IN HONG KONG AS AT DECEMBER 1976, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST EMPLOYMENT SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT IN THE LAST QUARTER OF 1976.
THIS REPRESENTED A SLIGHT DROP OF 5,042 PERSONS OR 0.6 PER CENT COMPARED WITH THE FIGURE OF 778,788 FOR SEPTEMBER 1976.
WHEN COMPARED WITH A TOTAL OF 678,857 PERSONS ENGAGED IN DECEMBER 1975, MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT IN DECEMBER 1976 WAS HIGHER BY 94,889 PERSONS OR 14 PER CENT.
IN TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT, THE FIVE LARGEST INDUSTRY GROUPS REMAINED WEARING APPAREL, TEXTILES, ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPLIANCES AND SUPPLIES, PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS.
A COMPARISON OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 1976 AND DECEMBER 1976 ARE:
CHANGE OF DEC. 1976
OVER SEPT. 1976
PERSONS ENGAGED
PERSONS ENGAGED
PERSONS ENGAGED
INDUSTRY
GROUP
IN DEC.
IN SEPT. IN DEC.
PERSONS
%
1975
1976
1976
ENGAGED
CHANGE
WEARING APPAREL
238,958 273,089 265,913
-7,176
-2.6
TEXTILES
112,922 117,908 115,912
-1,996
-1.7
ELECTRICAL
MACHINERY
APPLIANCES
AND SUPPLIES
66,353 88,872
88,057
815
-0.9
PLASTIC
PRODUCTS
63,706
79,427 76,994
-2,433
-3.1
FABRICATED
METAL PRODUCTS
57,322
66,152 69,781
+3,629
+5.5
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