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Appendix 14

Contd (Chapter 4: Employment)

Industry

Plastic products

Establishments

Sep 1978 Sep 1979 Sep 1980

Persons engaged

Sep 1978 Sep 1979 Sep 1980

Plastic flowers and foliage

469

401

405

Plastic toys

1,466

1,613

1,634

6,455 45,202

5,086 49,186 45,417

4,934

Miscellaneous plastic products, except plastic flowers and

foliage and plastic toys

2,370

2,608

2,777

33,850

37,324 35,963

Non-metallic mineral products, except products of

petroleum and coal

Glass and glass products

183

162

177

2,369

2,163

1,951

Basic metal industries

Iron and steel basic industries

136

174

163

2,512

2,934

3,199

Fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment

Aluminium ware

104

113

101

3,226

3,127

3,919

Buffing and polishing and electro-plating

588

650

771

4,843

6,462

7,217

Hand tools and general hardware

1,216

1,362

1,567

7,863

8,866

10,023

Metal toys

137

197

263

3,940

5,017

6,171

Structural metal products

717

678

787

3,280

3.499

3,890

Torches, torch cases and parts, except torch bulbs Wrist watch bands

49

54

52

4,874

5,566

5,245

367

379

455

7,015

8,542

8,826

Machinery, except electrical

Special industrial machinery and equipment, except

metal and wood working machinery

456

513

695

3,780

4,585

5,016

Electrical machinery, apparatus, appliances and supplies Dry batteries

13

13

14

2,564

3,064

2,437

Electrical appliances and housewares

312

347

417

10,721

15,205 16,240

Electrical industrial machinery and apparatus

143

144

211

Electronics

768

1,041

1,197

3,361 71,887

2,784

3,776

90,454 88,883

Sound reproducing and recording equipment and

apparatus

67

78

104

2,481

2,880

3,927

Torch and electric bulbs

96

107

147

2,090

2,301

2,954

Transport equipment

Aircraft repairing

Ship building and repairing

2

2

2

3,049

3,486

3,957

106

94

113

8,108

8,387

7,851

Professional and scientific, measuring and controlling equipment, and photographic and optical goods

Photographic and optical goods

108

130

148

5,394

7,331

7,720

Watches and clocks

462

733

1,054

20,152 30,610

40,628

Other manufacturing industries

Artificial pearls and imitation jewellery

286

243

357

2,429

2,316

3,042

Jewellery and related articles

690

644

674

8,601

8,488

7,847

Toys other than plastic toys metal toys and wooden toys

119

178

217

2,496

3,994

3,987

Wigs

41

38

31

693

616

481

Note: In order to facilitate comparison with results of the Labour Force Survey and the Industrial Wage Survey, the September

figures of the Manufacturing Employment Survey are used instead of the December ones.