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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1974.

EMPLOYMENT SURVEY IN MANUFACTURING SECTOR

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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT HAS BEGUN A NEW SERIES OF QUARTERLY SURVEYS DESIGNED TO RECORD MOVEMENTS IN EMPLOYMENT IN ALL ESTABLISHMENTS WITHIN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR OF THE ECONOMY.

THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR IS DEFINED BY THE UNITED NATIONS' INTERNATIONAL STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION OF ALL ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES.

THE FIRST SURVEY WAS CARRIED OUT IN DECEMBER 1973 AND SHOWED THAT 626,392 PERSONS WERE EMPLOYED IN 29,105 ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR.

THE LARGEST INDUSTRY SECTORS, IN TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT,

WERE GARMENTS AND OTHER WEARING APPAREL, EXCEPT FOOTWEAR (181,179 WORKERS), TEXTILES AND TEXTILE MADE-UPS (107,223), PLASTIC PRODUCTS (70,560), ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND ELECTRONICS (70,345), METAL PRODUCTS (54,431) AND PRINTING AND PUBLISHING C19,285). THE BULK OF THE MANUFACTURING WORKFORCE WAS CONCENTRATED IN THE LARGER ESTABLISHMENTS. A TOTAL OF 2,378 MANUFACTURING

ESTABLISHMENTS EMPLOYED 402,555 PERSONS OR 64 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT IN HONG KONG.

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