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Appendix 18

(Chapter 7: Employment)

Number of Establishments and Employment in Principal Manufacturing Industry Groups

No. of establishments

Industry group(1)

Sep 1986 Sep 1987 Sep 1988

No. of persons engaged Sep 1986 Sep 1987 Sep 1988

Textiles and clothing

13 587

14 078

13 955

370 646

373 495

358 626

11

Electronics(2)

1 823

1 949

1 939

103 796

106 835

109 677

Plastics

5 460

5 718

5 572

89 447

83 829

72 412

Watches and clocks(2)

1 633

1 648

1 729

32 805

31 629

31 180

Electrical appliances

757

725

689

28 657

29 484

25 482

Notes:

Total of the above 5 groups(2)

22 680

23 564

23 325

608 799

609 792

582 384

二

(as a % of the corresponding figure of

the whole manufacturing sector)

(47%)

(47%)

(46%)

(70%)

(70%)

(69%)

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(1) For a breakdown of the number of establishments and employment in manufacturing industry by the International Standard Industrial Classification Revision 2 (ISIC Rev. 2), the table in Appendix 17 should be referred to. The statistics there are presented according to the complete classification of industries by ISIC Major Group, and within each major group, by ISIC Group. The table presented here is compiled for the convenience of those readers who may be more interested in the number of establishments and employment of certain industry groups which are commonly referred to but which may not be readily derived from Appendix 17 because each of them cuts across two or more ISIC Major Groups/Groups.

(2) There is some overlapping in the industrial coverage of 'electronics' and 'watches and clocks'. The group 'watches and clocks, electronic'

is included in both groups. However, the figures of these groups are counted only once in the 'total of the above 5 groups'.

(3) The correspondence between the industry groups in the above table and the major groups/groups in Appendix 17 is as follows:—

(i) The industry group 'textiles and clothing' shown in the above table corresponds to the total of the major groups ‘textiles (including knitwear from yarn)' and 'wearing apparel, excluding footwear and knitwear from yarn' in Appendix 17. However, 'handbags' within the latter major group is not included.

(ii) The industry group 'electronics' shown in the above table corresponds to the total of the groups 'office machinery', 'electronic machinery, apparatus, appliances and supplies', 'sound reproducing and recording equipment and apparatus' and 'watches and clocks, electronic' in Appendix 17.

(iii) The industry group 'plastics' shown in the above table corresponds to the major group 'manufacture of plastic products' in Appendix

17.

(iv) The industry group 'watches and clocks' shown in the above table corresponds to the total of the groups 'metal cases, dials, and parts for watches and clocks except movements and watch bands', 'watches and clocks, mechanical”, “watches and clocks, electronic' and 'wrist watch bands' in Appendix 17.

(v) The industry group ‘electrical appliances' shown in the above table corresponds to the major group ‘electrical machinery, apparatus, appliances and supplies' in Appendix 17. The groups 'electronic machinery, apparatus, appliances and supplies' and 'sound reproducing and recording equipment and apparatus' within the major group are however not included.