APPENDICES
Food product, beverage and tobacco manufactures
APPENDIX 24
(Chapter 8: Employment)
Number of Persons Engaged (other than those in the Civil Service) by Selected Major Industry Group and Number of Manual Workers at Construction Sites
Industry Sector/Major Industry Group
Mining and quarrying
Manufacturing
Wearing apparel
1995
1996
1997
491 386 106
486 327 464
418
22.306
22 434
309 160 22 188
82 432
66 023
55 555
Leather and leather products and footwear
2 223
1 442
1 226
Textiles
57 499
49 351
43 901
Wood and cork products, furniture and fixtures
3 208
2 332
2 468
Paper and paper products
7 682
6 886
5 938
Printing, publishing and allied industries
44 790
44 436
45 844
Chemicals and chemical products, products of petroleum and coal
6 962
6 294
6 329
Rubber and plastic products
16 459
13 345
12 641
Non-metallic mineral products
3. 340
3111
3 187
Basic metal
1 822
1816
1 691
Fabricated metal products
25 082
20 550
18 954
Office, accounting and computing machines
10 518
6 323
4 978
Radio, television and communication equipment
3 970
1 903
1 902
Electronic parts and components
Electrical appliances and houseware
Other machinery and equipment
Transport equipment
Professional instrument and optical goods
Other manufacturing industries
Electricity and gas
Wholesale, retail and import/export trades, restaurants and hotels
19 462
16 074
20 910
3 352
2 324
1 804
29 383
24 842
22 607
10 824
9 663
9 970
15 921
12 165
10 935
18 871
16 150
16 132
11 745
11 390
9 792
1 030 871
I 046 561
1 026 562
Wholesale
Retail
Import/Export
Restaurants
79 813
80 214
196 072
207 169
82.004
213 769
535 793
535 553
510 185
182 057
186 970
184 930
Hotels and boarding houses
Transport, storage and communications
37 136
36 655
35 674
169 954
179 755
177 566
Land passenger transport
26 725
27 456
29 309
Water and air transport
34 971
36 338
34 804
Supporting services to transport
21 298
21 700
21 663
Services incidental to transport
45 512
50 013
49 325
Storage
5 942
5917
6 084
Communications
35 506
38 331
36 381
Financing, insurance, real estate and business services
375 366
391 151
415 943
Financial institutions
119 730
120 092
127 012
Stock, commodity and bullion brokers
13 274
15 248
16 692
Insurance
22 027
27 561
21 591
Real estate
72 110
75 841
85 232
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
148 225
152 409
165 416
298 264
314 516
313 861
33 215
39 622
31 436
94 428
93 994
99 866
57 843
61 471
62 287
28 800
31 805
35 757
33 819
36 549
34 064
50 159
51 075
50 451
2 272 797
2 271 323
2 253 302
65 821
76 580
78 106
Manual workers at construction sites
Notes: (a) Figures refer to September of the year.
(b) Data are based on the Quarterly Survey of Employment and Vacancies and the Quarterly Employment Survey of Construction Sites
conducted by the Census and Statistics Department.
(c) Figures in this appendix do not cover outworkers in the manufacturing sector and persons engaged in the following activities:
(i) Agriculture and fishing.
(ii) Construction (other than manual workers at sites).
(iii) Hawkers and retail pitches (other than market stalls).
(iv) Taxis, public light buses, goods vehicles, barges, lighters and stevedoring services.
(v) Public administration, veterinary services, religious organizations, authors and other independent artists, domestic helpers and
miscellaneous recreational and personal services.
(d) Unlike 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 'knit outerwear and underwear' which has been included in the clothing industry.
(e) Manual workers at construction sites include craftsmen, semi-skilled and unskilled workers.
Source: Employment Statistics Section, Census and Statistics Department.
(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2582 5076)
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