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APPENDICES

APPENDIX 27

(Chapter 7: Employment)

Number of Establishments (other than those in the Civil Service) by Selected Major Industry Group and Number of Construction Sites

Industry Sector/Major Industry Group

1998

1999

2000

Mining and quarrying

Manufacturing

Food product, beverage and tobacco manufactures

Wearing apparel

6

22 414

6 23 553

6

21 248

649

736

737

2312

2 277

1953

Leather and leather products and footwear

138

156

118

Textiles

2 237

2257

2077

Wood and cork products, furniture and fixtures

466

575

447

Paper and paper products

635

670

625

Printing, publishing and allied industries

4 516

5016

4 785

Chemicals and chemical products, products of petroleum and coal

468

494

468

Rubber and plastic products

1 561

1 454

I 239

Non-metallic mineral products

247

280

265

Basic metal

88

123

90

Fabricated metal products

2556

2 640

2 293

Office, accounting and computing machines

177

281

287

Radio, television and communication equipment

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

108

117

115

253

225

164

77

75

60

2 834

2 984

2 678

492

523

486

644

568

412

1956

2 102

1 949

21

21

19

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

160 043

182 719

183 486

Wholesale

14 800

15 906

14 935

Retail

50 003

55 008

55 970

Import/Export

85 852

100 853

101 624

Restaurants

8 582

10 145

10 183

Hotels and boarding houses

Transport, storage and communications

806

807

9 214

10 390

Land passenger transport

10

Water and air transport

516

496

Supporting services to transport

2 839

3 171

Services incidental to transport

4 584

5 169

10

774

10 411

3 314 5001

10

500

Storage

362

336

377

Communications

903

1 208

1 209

Financing, insurance, real estate and business services

44 070

51 320

51 930

Financial institutions

6 044

7 339

7 177

Stock, commodity and bullion brokers

983

1 006

1 058

Insurance

5 834

6 846

7071

Real estate

11 217

12 032

10 800

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

All industry sectors above

19 992

24 097

25 824

25 047

27 898

29 031

1 112

1 249

1 263

2 506

2936

3 436

4 190

4 493

4 634

2 521

2.830

3 135

2 465

3 014

3 155

12 253

13 376

13 408

260 815

295 907

296 131

1 003

994

978

Construction sites

Notes: (a) Figures refer to December of the year.

(b) Figures 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 the following activities:

(i) Agriculture and fishing.

(ii) Construction (other than construction 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 6 and 7, the textiles industry in this appendix includes 'knit outerwear and underwear'; however, the textiles industry

quoted in Chapters 6 and 7 does not cover 'knit outerwear and underwear' which has been included in the clothing industry. Source: Employment Statistics Section, Census and Statistics Department.

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