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APPENDICES

Leather and leather products and footwear, manufacturing

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(Chapter 7: 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

Food product, beverage and tobacco manufactures

Wearing apparel, manufacturing

Textiles industries

1999

2000

2001

353 244 720

154 226 205

179

22 115

22 464

40 322

36 330

202 984 23 150 29 602

683

609

502

30 836

27 489

Wood and cork products, furniture and fixtures, manufacturing

2015

1 198

Paper and paper products, manufacturing

3.993

3 749

26 617

987 2 786

Printing, publishing and allied industries

44 356

43 849

44 050

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

5 570

5 124

4 846

Rubber and plastic products, manufacturing

8 775

7.601

6 045

Non-metallic mineral products, manufacturing

3011

2211

1 745

Basic metal, manufacturing

1 392

1 237

1 142

Fabricated metal products, manufacturing

13 022

11 185

Office, accounting and computing machines, manufacturing

2 780

2.808

8 914 3915

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

2476

2 150

17 245

18 085

2 144 11 753

Electrical appliances & houseware and electronic toys, manufacturing

1 143

708

594

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

17 761

14 901

11 471

9 684

8 859

9 013

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

5696

4 108

3 610

Other manufacturing industries

Wholesale

photographic & optical goods, manufacturing

Electricity and gas

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

Retail

Import/export

Restaurants

Hotels and boarding houses

Transport, storage and communications

Land passenger transport

Water and air transport

11 845

11 540

10 098

8 606

8 203

1 002 263

1 009 094

8 096 996-971

71 819

67 627

66 082

201 421

215 037

210 228

510012

509 375

500 719

190 909

187 772

193 127

28 102

29 283

26 815

171 996

176 949

181 698

32 080

31 966

32 472

32093

32 590

32 852

Supporting services to transport

22 282

23 199

26 625

Services incidental to transport

44 919

45 939

46 354

Storage

4 476

4 959

5 291

Telecommunications

27 886

36 146

38 296

Miscellaneous communications services (excl. telecommunications services)

10 218

Financing, insurance, real estate and business services

415 326

434 105

433 874

Financial institutions

120 758

119 152

117 905

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

16 042

14961

15 908

24 737

24 751

27 256

89 429

79 958

80 658

164 360

195 283

192 147

336 493

354 537

385 053

39 970

45 793

48 098

108 468

114 874

122 856

68 543

67 572

73 078

37 747

42 572

53 356

31 954

32 820

34 364

49 811

50 906

53 301

2 179 757

2 209 247

2 208 855

Manual workers at construction sites

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

71 789

83 924

76 601

(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:

(1) 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 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. Manual workers at construction sites include craftsmen, semi-skilled and unskilled workers.

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)

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