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Table 18

Appendices

6

(Chapter 6: Employment)

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

2008

2012

2013

Number of

Number of

Number of

Industry (1)

Number of establishments

persons

engaged

Number of establishments

persons

engaged

Number of establishments

persons engaged

Mining and quarrying

4

98

2

73

2

78

Manufacturing

13,048

130,602

11,716

105,308

Electricity and gas supply, and

293

10,657

371

10,275

11,541

417

103,683

10,956

waste management

Import/export, wholesale

165,564

813,476

180,019

814,874

181,663

820,526

and retail trades

Import and export trade

95,174

512,249

101,342

491,260

101,796

490,308

Wholesale

14,401

64,317

14,768

63,368

14,480

62,515

Retail

55,989

236,910

63,909

260,246

65,387

267,703

Accommodation(2) and food

13,504

240,719

16,971

274,195

17,068

277,794

services

Accommodation services(2)

855

32,508

1,068

38,193

1,148

40,585

Food and beverage services

12,649

208,211

15,903

236,002

15,920

237,209

Transportation, storage,

7,667

155,838

9,569

167,241

9,701

171,620

postal and courier services

Information and

8,479

87,717

11,368

97,230

12,224

103,248

communications

Financing and insurance

16,211

181,188

21,271

207,700

22,516

213,490

Real estate

10,845

104,931

14,673

125,938

15,198

126,523

Professional and business

31,555

288,237

40,557

337,408

43,836

353,817

services

Social and personal services

33,232

405,960

42,732

454,210

45,562

466,088

All industries above

300,402 2,419,423

349,249 2,594,452

359,728

2,647,823

Construction sites(3)

986

49,448

1,158

70,578

1,309

80,061

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:

(1)

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.

(2) Accommodation services' refers to hotels, guesthouses, boarding houses and other establishments providing short-term accommodation.

(3) 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

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