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APPENDICES

APPENDIX 17

(Chapter 8: Employment)

Number of Establishments and Employment in Manufacturing Industry Analysed by Hong Kong Standard Industrial Classification (HSIC)

Major group/Group

Food manufacturing

No. of persons engaged

Sep 1990

Sep 1991

No. of establishments

Sep 1990

Sep 1991

892

856

18 522

18 666

Beverage industries

Tobacco manufactures

28

22

4 871

4 054

5

6

1 285

1 288

Wearing apparel except footwear

Outer garments including infants' wear and garment, except knitwear from yarn and leather garments Under garments and night garments

Fur clothing

Others

8 186

7 336

212 653

187 554

6 879

6 146

187 656

165 501

375

373

10 884

11 056

196

141

4 088

2333

736

676

10 025

8 664

Leather and leather products, except footwear and wearing apparel

740

547

6 863

5 102

Products of leather and leather substitutes, except footwear and

wearing apparel

216

164

2019

1 461

Handbags (excl. rattan handbag, straw handbag, plastic shopping

bags)

444

332

3 899

3 050

Others

80

51

945

591

Footwear, except rubber, plastic and wooden footwear

351

284

4 216

3 205

Textiles

5 341

5 055

107 264

98 724

Weaving, cotton

219

191

10 813

-8 825

Knit outerwear

1 448

1 397

37 948

36 115

Bleaching and dyeing

461

424

19 816

18 334

Others

3 213

3 043

38 687

35 450

Wood and cork products, except furniture

675

621

3 181

2817

Furniture and fixtures, except primarily of metal

891

909

5 181

4 569

Wooden furniture and fixtures

637

642

3.705

3 288

Others

254

267

1 476

1 281

Paper and paper products

1 576

1460

15 814

13 866

Containers and boxes of paper & paperboard

Others

1 129

1 032

10 042

9 031

447

428

5 772

4 835

Printing, publishing and allied industries

4 354

4 569

37 653

39 118

Job printing

3.308

3 498

23 843

25 430

Others

1 046

1 071

13 810

13 688

Chemicals and chemical products

841

768

8 128

8 037

Products of petroleum and coal

2

220

254

Rubber products

119

162

1 299

1 211

Plastic products

4976

4 377

51 315

41 522

Plastic toys

I 200

1 020

18 825

14 198

Others

3 776

3 357

32 490

27 324

Non-metallic mineral products, except products of petroleum and coal

Basic metal industries

391

385

3873

3 655

246

219

2944

2 620

419

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