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Details of employment in selected industries
1. Manufacturing sector
Employment in
Percentage change
Jun. 82
Jun. 82
On
OR
Industry STOPP
Jun. 81
Mar. 82
Jun. 82
Jun. 81
Mar. 82
Wearing apparel (excluding
knitwear from yarn)
277 000
260 700
260 900
-
5.8
+ 0.1
Textiles (including
knitwear from yarn)
124 600
117 700
117 600
5.7
- 0.1
Electrical machinery,
appliances and supplies,
including electronic
products
131 800
116 400
124 300
- 5.7
+ 6.8
Plastic products
94 300
87 100
94 300
-
0,1
+ 8.2
Fabricated metal products
85 000
80 600
81 100
4.5
+ 0.7
II.
Building and Construction sector
(manual workers on sites only)
Employment in
Percentage change
Jun. 82
Jun. 82
OR
од
Contracting party
Jun. 81
Mar. 82
Jun.
82
Jun. 81
Mar. 82
Housing Department
16 500
15 500
14 500
-12.1
-
6.5
Other Government Departments 17 000
22 000
19 700
+15.9
-10.5
Mass Transit Railway
Corporation **
Private sector
1 900
2 400
3 000
+57.9
+25.0
51 500
46 600
47 100
- 8.5
+ 1.1
Including Building Development Department, Engineering Development Department, New Territories Development Department and Water Supplies Department
Construction sites under the Mass Transit Railway Corporation refer to M.T.R. contracts for which work was in progress during the reference period
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