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APPENDICES

APPENDIX 18

(Chapter 8: Employment)

Number of Establishments and Employment in Principal Manufacturing Industry Groups

Industry group (2)(3)

No. of establishments (1) Sep 1990

No. of persons engaged (1)

Sep 1990

Sep 1991

Sep 1991

Textiles and clothing

13 527

12 391

319 917

Electronics (4)

1 815

1 635

85 169

286 278

71466

Watches and clocks (4)

1 784

1 706

27 960

23 935

Plastics (4)

4976

4 377

51 315

41 522

Electrical appliances

542

470

16 985

14 529

Jewellery

1 496

1 522

17 426

16 204

Toys and dolls (4)

Fabricated metal products (4)

1 662

1 449

24 581

18 836

6 447

6 092

50 784

46 000

Total of the above groups (4)

29 944

27 554

554 713

486 411

(as a % of the corresponding figure

of the whole manufacturing sector)

(61%)

(60%)

(76%)

(74%)

Notes:

(1) As from March 1991, the Hong Kong Standard Industrial Classification (HSIC) is adopted to replace the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC) modified version. Figures for September 1990 have been adjusted to conform to the HSIC. Figures of the past series in ISIC, unless adjusted to conform to HSIC, are not strictly comparable to those in HSIC.

(2) For a breakdown of the number of establishments and employment in manufacturing industry by the HSIC, the table in Appendix 17 should be referred to. The statistics therein are figures for industry groups in the manufacturing sector having more significant domestic export value but they cannot be readily derived from Appendix 17 because some of them may cut across more than one Major Group/Group in the HSIC.

(3) The coverage of the industry groups in the above table is given below:

(i) The industry group 'textile and clothing' corresponds to the major groups wearing apparel except footwear' and 'textiles' in

Appendix 17.

(ii) The industry group 'electronics' includes 'office, accounting and computing machinery', 'radio, television and communication equipment and apparatus', 'electronic parts and components', 'electronic toys', 'electronic industrial apparatus', 'watches and clocks, electronic' and 'electronic products, n.e.c.".

(iii) The industry group 'watches and clocks' includes 'watches and clocks, mechanical'; 'watches and clocks, electronic'; 'metal wrist

watchbands' and 'cases and parts for watches and clocks, n.e.c.'

(iv) The industry group 'plastics' corresponds to the major group 'plastics products' in Appendix 17.

(v) The industry group 'electrical appliances' includes 'electrical appliances and houseware', 'dry batteries (excl. lead accumulators)',

'electric and torch bulbs and tubes' and 'electrical products and accessories, n.e.c.'.

(vi) The industry group 'jewellery' includes 'jewellery' and artificial pearls and imitation jewellery'.

(vii) The industry group 'toys and dolls' includes 'wooden toys', 'rubber toys', 'plastic toys', 'metal toys', 'electronic toys' and 'toys,

n.e.c.'.

(viii) The industry group ‘fabricated metal products' corresponds to the Major Group ‘fabricated metal products, except machinery and

equipment'.

(4) There is some overlapping in industrial coverage in some of the above industrial groups:

(i) 'Watches and clocks, electronic' is included in both 'electronics' and 'watches and clocks' groups.

(ii) 'Metal wrist watchbands' is included in both 'fabricated metal products' and 'watches and clocks' groups.

(iii) 'Electronic toys' is included in both 'electronics' and 'toys and dolls' groups.

(iv) 'Plastic toys' is included in both 'plastics' and 'toys and dolls' groups.

(v) 'Metal toys' is included in both "fabricated metal products' and 'toys and dolls' groups.

However, the figures of 'watches and elocks, electronic', 'metal wrist watchbands', 'electronic toys', 'plastic toys' and 'metal toys' are counted only once in the 'total of the above groups'.

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