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Appendix 17

-Contd (Chapter 7: Employment)

375

Major group/Group

Sep 1986

No. of establishments Sep 1987*

No. of persons engaged

Sep 1988

Sep 1986

Sep 1987*

Sep 1988

Plastic products

Plastic flowers and foliage

234

211

178

1 754

1 530

Plastic toys

1776

1 645

1 516

47 380

39 850

1 274 30 675

Miscellaneous plastic products, except plastic flowers and

foliage and plastic toys

3 450

3 862

3 878

40 313

42 449

40 463

Sub-total

5 460

5 718

5 572

89 447

83 829

72 412

Non-metallic mineral products, except products of petroleum

and coal

Glass and glass products

Others

Sub-total

129

124

126

1 359

1 374

1 346

236

270

301

3. 103

3 589

3 024

365

394

427

4 462

4963

4 370

Basic metal industries

Iron and steel basic industries

Others

Sub-total

97

106

102

1 557

1 560

1 401

171

176

181

1 761

2019

1979

268

282

283

3 318

3 579

3.380

Fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment Aluminium ware

60

55

57

2 830

2715

2 580

Buffing and polishing and electro-plating

757

781

789

7 770

7018

7.134

Hand tools and general hardware

222

197

183

2246

2 230

1 878

Metal toys

217

238

245

3 406

3 022

2 887

Structural metal products

1011

1 049

022

5 152

5 018

4 662

Torches, torch cases and parts, except torch bulbs

93

97

87

4 361

4 141

3 475

Wrist watch bands

361

329

343

4 470

4 030

3 996

Others

3 956

4 064

4053

33 933

34 301

34 548

Sub-total

6 677

6 810

6779

64 168

62 475

61 160

Machinery except electrical

Special industrial machinery and equipment, except metal

and wood working machinery

1 185

1 347

1 422

7 750

8 562

9 478

Office machinery

Others

2 961

Sub-total

4 167

Electrical machinery, apparatus, appliances and supplies Dry batteries

Electrical appliances and housewares

Electrical industrial machinery and apparatus

Electronic machinery, apparatus, appliances and supplies

1 090

2008

21

38

40

809

1 187

1 624

3 233

3.493

15 713

15 891

17 425

4 618

4 955

24 272

25 640

28 527

24

19

19

1 503

1 409

391

392

378

20 121

21 200

1 610 17 802

209

192

179

5 255

5422

4 772

1 229

1 229

75 178

79 644

85 232

Sound reproducing and recording equipment and apparatus Torch and electric bulbs and tubes

132

128

111

11 257

10 524

7 828

81

75

69

1311

982

868

52

47

44

467

471

430

1979

2082

2029

115 092

119 652

118 542

Others

Sub-total

Transport equipment

Aircraft repairing

Ship building and repairing-shipyards

Others

Sub-total

Professional and scientific, measuring and controlling

1

4 402

4 430

4 306

65

508

574

188888

58

58

4 586

4 492

4 477

487

457

3 676

4 167

3 875

546

516

12 664

13 089

12 658

equipment, and photographic and optical goods

Photographic and optical goods

187

200

197

10 966

11 238

10 449

Metal cases, dials and parts for watches and clocks except

movements and watch bands

650

729

789

10 405

11 236

11 202

Watches and clocks, mechanical

42

36

38

1 378

883

989

Watches and clocks, electronic

580

554

559

16 552

15 480

14 993

Others

13

17

18

Sub-total

1 472

1536

1 601

103 39 404

109 38 946

71 37 704

Other manufacturing industries

Artifical pearls and imitation jewellery

427

515

523

3 572

4 373

Jewellery and related articles

769

888

970

11 296

13 897

4 432 15 119

Toys other than plastic toys, metal toys and wooden toys Wigs and hair products

200

195

179

22

22

22

1954 352

1 909

1 483

228

196

Others

1965

Sub-total

3 383

1 875 3.495

1 818

14 406

3 512

31 580

14 020 34 427

12 689 33 919

Total

48 623

50 409

50 606

869 753

875 250

844 575

Note: * Revised figures based on the up-to-date industry information obtained from the 1986 Industry Updating Survey.