ENG-1976 — Page 338

Appendix 14

(Chapter 4: Employment)

Number of Establishments and Employment in Selected Manufacturing Industries

Industry

Textiles

Bleaching, dyeing and finishing

Cotton knitting

Cotton spinning

Cotton weaving

*

-

Made-up textile goods except wearing apparel

Wool spinning

Woollen knitting

Wearing apparel, except footwear

+

Garments

•

Gloves ...

17

*

Establishments

Persons engaged

251

Dec 1974 Dec 1975 Dec 1976 Dec 1974 Dec 1975 Dec 1976

439

520

640

14,620

16,123

17,720

215

258

329

4,933

6,225

7,086

37

39

40

19,160

21,040

20,464

309

340

418

25,830

29,967

32,769

370

360

408

4,208

4,722

4,743

16

11

17

1,893

1,522

1,478

***

1,165-

1,049

1,098

14,757

18,388

16,789

5,132

5,370

6,596

147,159

189,661

211,098

318

291

354

10,483

10,029

12,256

447

415

422

3,800

3,840

4,246

890

878

920

5,453

5,837

6,450

649

646

708

5,418

5,632

6,956

1,202

1,212

1,399

13,214

13,441

14,661

31

24

34

3,080

3,036

3,583

179

167

168

5,622

4,783

4,799

517

390

406

5,747

5,656

6,885

1,361

1,214

1,364

31,968

33,591

41,119

1,910

1,797

2,014

21,182 24,098

28,525

Footwear except rubber, plastic and wooden footwear

Shoes

Furniture and fixtures, except primarily of metal

Wooden furniture

Paper and paper products

Paper boxes

:

Printing, publishing and allied industries

Job printing Newspaper printing

-

Rubber products

Rubber footwear

::

:.

::

Plastic products

Plastic flowers and foliage

Plastic toys

Plastic products (miscellaneous)

Fabricated metal products, except machinery and

equipment

Aluminium ware

81

82

84

2,387

2,755

2,706

Electroplating...

352

364

484

+

+

2,776

3,219

4,352

Metal toys

91

93

117

1,902

2,337

3,853

Padlocks and bolts

117

108

124

2,086

2,037

2,067

Pressure stoves and lanterns

34

32

29

1,594

1,625

1,581

Tools and dies

457

565

816

2,340

3,151

4,320

Torch cases

45

37

- 39

2,026

1,826

3,745

Wrist watch bands

231

234

285

7,012

+

6,390

6,443

Electrical machinery, apparatus, appliances and sup-

plies

Dry batteries

9

10

14

1,705

2,208

2,283

Electric bulbs

105

88

89

4,514

3,839

2,203

Electronics

414

460

672

50,179

51,570

70,998

Transport equipment

Aircraft repairing

Ship building and repairing.

Professional and scientific, measuring and controlling

3

59

***

57

35

3

22

2,481

2,598

2.876

82

8,758

7,005

7,062

equipment, and photographic and optical goods

Cameras

Watches and clocks

Other manufacturing industries

Jewellery and related articles

Wigs

+

18

17

20

197

237

345

2,707 7,630

2,863

4,388

9,393 12,880

490

500

609

5,065

6,052

7,328

93

59

45

1,518

1,398

938

Note: Figures refer to manufacturing establishments registered with or recorded by the Labour Department as well as other manufacturing establishments. As from December 1974, the coverage of the survey of manufacturing employment was enlarged by incorporating establishments recorded by the Business Registration Office.