Working Population of New Immigrants from China" by Occupation and Educational Attainment, 1996
Annex A
Occupation
Educational Attainment
No schooling/
Primary
Secondary
Sixth Form
kindergarten
Tertiary: Non-degree
Tertiary: Degree
Total
No. %
No.
%
No.
No.
No.
No. %%
No.
New Immigrants from Ching!"
Managers and administrators
14
0.6
286
2.1
1 559
4.3
393
11.0
460
20.0
2465 36.8
5 177
85
Professionals and associate
0.0
7
0.1
1 086
3.3
414
11.6
659
28.8
2099
31.4.
4 265
7.0
professionals
Clerks
22
0.9
432
3.2
1 122
15.7
1 065
29.9
476
20.8
1 127
16.8|
8 244
13.5
Service workers and shop sales workers
241
10.1
2 825
20.9
9 079
27.7
633
17.8
255
444
6.6
13-477
22.0
Craft and related workers
195
82
1 844
13.6
6076
18.6
470
13.2
237
10.3
189
2.8
9011
14.7
Plant and machine operators and
99
១
1 261
9.3
3385
10.3
231
6.5
36
1.6
65
1.0
5 077
8.3
assemblers
I
Elementary occupations
1 750
Skilled agricultural and fishery workers;
$7
73.6
2.41
6.764
50.0
6232
19.0
349
9.8
140
6.1
254
3,8
15 489
25.3
107
0.8
181
0.6
7
0.2
28
1.2
49
0.7
429
0.71
19
armed forces and occupations not classifiable
Totil
2378 100.0
(39)
13 526 (22.1)
100.0
32 720 (53.5)
100.0
3562
100.0
2291
100.D
6 692
100.0
61 169 100.0
(5.8)
(3.7)
(10.9)
(100.0)
Notes: (1) New Immigrants from China refer to persons who reported in the 1996 Population By-census that they were born in China with nationality "Chinese (place of
domicile - Hong Kong)' and had stayed in Hong Kong for less than seven years. Figures in brackets refer to the percentage share of the figure above in the row total.
Source: 1996 Population By-census
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