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Table 18

(Chapter 6: Employment)

Appendices

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Number of Establishments and Persons Engaged (other than those in the Civil Service) by Industry, and Number of Construction Sites and Manual Workers at Construction Sites

2007

2011

2012

Number of

Industry (1)

Number of establishments

persons

engaged

Number of establishments

Number of

persons engaged

Number of

Number of establishments

persons engaged

Mining and quarrying

5

Manufacturing

13,443

102

135,709

2

Electricity and gas supply, and

272

10,205

12,011

326

71

110,379

10,616

2

73

11,716

371

105,308

10,275

waste management

Import/export, wholesale

167,945

820,389

180,546 814,584

180,019

814,874

and retail trades

Import and export trade

96,539

520,227

102,273

495,847

101,342

491,260

Wholesale

14,726

66,690

14,996

63,763

14,768

63,368

Retail

56,680

233,472

63,277

254,974

63,909

260,246

Accommodation(2) and food

13,700

240,660

16,763

266,315

16,971

274,195

services

Accommodation services(2)

817

31,724

1,006

34,982

1,068

38,193

Food and beverage services

12,883

208,936

15,757

231,333

15,903

236,002

Transportation, storage,

8,107

153,036

9,769

165,474

9,569

167,241

postal and courier services

Information and

8,640

86,265

10,756

93,268

11,368

97,230

communications

Financing and insurance

15,705

179,651

20,610

207,324

21,271

207,700

Real estate

10,828

105,063

14,250

122,252

14,673

125,938

Professional and business

32,054

283,528

39,157

328,793

40,557

337,408

services

Social and personal services

32,597

391,208

41,194

441,705

42,732

454,210

All industries above

303,296 2,405,816

345,384

2,560,781

349,249 2,594,452

Construction sites(3)

946

50,103

1,172

69,395

1,158

70,578

Notes:

Figures refer to the end of December of the year. 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.

(1) Figures in this table do not cover establishments and persons engaged in the following activities:

(2)

(3)

(i) Agriculture, forestry and fishing (entire industry section).

(ii) Construction (other than construction sites).

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

(iv) Taxis, public light buses, and part of goods vehicles and inland freight water transport.

(v) Monetary authorities and self-employed insurance agents with no business registration.

(vi) Renting and leasing of recreational and sports goods.

(vii) Public administration (entire industry section).

(viii) Work activities within domestic households; activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies; and religious organisations,

authors and other independent artists, and some social and personal services.

Accommodation services sector covers hotels, guesthouses, boarding houses and other establishments providing short-term accommodation.

For construction sites, establishments refer to number of sites while persons engaged refer to manual workers only. Manual workers at construction sites include skilled, semi-skilled and general workers.

Source: Employment Statistics and Central Register of Establishments Section, Census and Statistics Department

(For enquiries, please call 2582 5076.)

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