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APPENDICES

APPENDIX 17

(Chapter 8: Employment)

Number of Establishments in Private Sector by Industry

Industry Group

1991

1992

1993

Mining and quarrying

7

9

9

Manufacturing

Food product, beverage and tobacco manufactures

46 276 884

41 937

39 238

789

812

Wearing apparel

7 336

5 840

5 656

Leather and leather products and footwear

831

694

557

Textiles

5055

4 422

4 136

Wood and cork products, furniture and fixture

1 530

1 347

1 083

Paper and paper products

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1 460

1 295

1 187

Printing, publishing and allied industries

4 569

4 394

4 820

Chemicals and chemical products, products of petroleum and coal

772

741

698

Rubber and plastic products

4 539

4 239

3 312

Non-metallic mineral products

385

351

322

Basic metal

219

211

177

Fabricated metal products

6 092

5 621

5 134

Office, accounting and computing machines

220

160

189

Radio, television & communication equipment

283

284

183

Electronic parts and components

Electrical appliances & houseware

430

368

410

296

302

259

Other machinery and equipments

5 922

5 831

5 408

Transport equipment

589

541

574

Other manufacturing industries

Professional instrument and optical goods

Electricity, gas and water

1 624

1 479

3 244

3 030

21

22

1 374 2947 31

Wholesale, retail and import/export trades, restaurants and hotels

151 648

160 446

170 085

Wholesale

16 533

17 088

17 154

Retail

54 162

54 694

51 726

Import/Export

70 159

77 907

91 262

Restaurants

9 102

9 473

8 897

Hotels and boarding houses

Transport, storage and communication

1 693

1 284

1 047

6 288

6904

7 923

Land passenger transport

Water and air transport

Supporting services to transport

8

8

9

571

546

733

1 604

2019

2275

Storage

Services incidental to transport

Communications

Financing, insurance, real estate and business services

Financial institutions

3 334

3.489

3 996

322

353

370

449

489

540

33 749

36 411

41 307

4 891

5 507

6 503

Stock, commodity and bullion brokers

Insurance

Real estate

Business services

Community, social and personal services

Sanitary and similar services

Education and related services

Medical and health services

Other community and social services

Amusement and recreational services

Personal services

Total

Notes:

(1) Figures refer to September of the year.

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1 048

953

973

4 795

4 474

5 104

9 569

10 545

11 133

13 445

14 932

17 594

23 861

23 626

23 988

934

992

985

2 165

2041

2067

4 082

3 970

4 234

2437

2333

2.308

2786

2717

3 141

11 457

11 573

11 253

261 850

269 355

282 581

(2) Data are based on the Survey of Employment, Vacancies and Payroll conducted by the Census and Statistics Department.

This appendix does not cover activities of the following industries:

(i) Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing.

(ii) Construction.

(iii) Hawkers and retail pitches (other than market stalls).

(iv) Taxis, public light buses, marine cargo handling services and tow boats.

(v) Veterinary services, religious organizations, authors and other independent artists, domestic servants and miscellaneous recreational

and personal services.

(4) As from March 1991, the Hong Kong Standard Industrial Classification (HSIC) is adopted for the classification of economic activities in place of International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC). Figures from March 1991 onwards are therefore available only in HSIC and are not strictly comparable to those in the past series which are in ISIC.

(5) Comparing with Chapters 7 and 8, the textiles industry in this Appendix includes 'knit outerwear and underwear", however, the textiles industry quoted in Chapters 7 and 8 does not cover the 'knit outerwear and underwear' as they have been included in the 'clothing industry'.

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