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APPENDICES

APPENDIX 18

(Chapter 8: Employment)

Number of Establishments and Employment in Principal Manufacturing Industry Groups

Industry group(1)

Textiles and clothing

Electronics(2)

Plastics

No. of establishments

Sep 1988 Sep 1989 Sep 1990

No. of persons engaged Sep 1988 Sep 1989 Sep 1990

13 955 13 227

13 532

358 626

348 236

320 384

1939

2009

1 837

109 677

99 455

85 468

5 572

5 621

5 263

72 412

63 557

53 137

Watches and clocks(2)

1 729

1 845

1 690

31 180

30 091

27 154

Electrical appliances

689

707

672

25 482

24 104

19 153

Total of the above 5 groups(2)

23 325

22 758

22 482

582 384

550 690

491 906

(as a % of the corresponding figure of the whole manufacturing sector)

(46%)

(46%)

(46%)

(69%)

(69%)

(67%)

Notes:

(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, except 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 "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.

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