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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

Mining and quarrying

Manufacturing

Food product, beverage and tobacco manufactures

Wearing apparel, manufacturing

1999

2000

2001

6 23 553

6

21 248

736

737

7 19 977 778

2 277

1953

1 755

Leather and leather products and footwear, manufacturing

156

118

114

Textiles industries

2 257

2 077

1 925

Wood and cork products, furniture and fixtures, manufacturing

575

447

411

Paper and paper products, manufacturing

670

625

546

Printing, publishing and allied industries

Chemicals and chemical products, products of petroleum and coal, manufacturing

5016

4 785

4 849

494

468

424

Rubber and plastic products, manufacturing

1 454

I 239

Non-metallic mineral products, manufacturing

280

265

I 109 237

Basic metal, manufacturing

123

90

72

Fabricated metal products, manufacturing

2 640

2 293

2017

Electricity and gas

Office, accounting and computing machines, manufacturing

Electrical appliances & houseware and electronic toys, manufacturing

Machinery, equipment, apparatus, parts and components, n.e.c., manufacturing Transport equipment, manufacturing

Professional & scientific, measuring & controlling equipment, n.e.c., and

photographic & optical goods, manufacturing

Other manufacturing industries

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

Wholesale

Retail

Import/export

Restaurants

Hotels and boarding houses

Transport, storage and communications

Land passenger transport

Water and air transport

281

287

383

Radio, television & communications equipment and apparatus, manufacturing Electronic parts and components, manufacturing

117

115

127

225

164

138

75

60

56

2 984

2678

2 386

523

486

499

568

412

369

2 102

1 949

1 782

21

19

20

182 719 15.906

183 486

182 001

14 935

14 601

55 008

55 970

57 681

100 853

101 624

98 339

10 145

10 183

10 685

807

774

695

10 390

10 411

10 566

10

10

10

496

500

481

Supporting services to transport

3 171

3 314

3.439

Services incidental to transport

5 169

5 001

5 020

Storage

336

377

367

Telecommunications

Miscellaneous communications services (excl. telecommunications services)

1 208

}

611

1 209

638

Financing, insurance, real estate and business services

51 320

51 930

51 190

Financial institutions

7.339

7 177

7 069

Stock, commodity and bullion brokers

I 006

1 058

1 070

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

All industry sectors above

6 846

7071

7 342

12 032

10 800

9 791

24 097

25 824

25 918

27 898

29 031

31 255

1 249

1 263

1 418

2936

3.436

3 918

4 493

4 634

4 860

2 830

3 135

3.565

3 014

3 155

3 278

13 376

13 408

14 216

295 907

296 131

295 016

Construction sites

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

994

978

931

(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 establishments in the following activities:

(1) 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 organisations, 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.

(e) With the implementation of "Hong Kong Standard Industrial Classification Version 1.1" in October 2001, the major industry group "Communications" is splitted into "Telecommunications" and "Miscellaneous communications services (excl. telecommunications services)".

'n.e.c.' denotes not elsewhere classified.

Source: Employment Statistics Section, Census and Statistics Department.

(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2582 5076)