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Table 18

(Chapter 6: Employment)

Appendices

6

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

2009

2013

2014

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

3

87

2

78

2

80

Manufacturing

12,924

124,907

11,541

103,683

Electricity and gas supply, and

312

10,870

417

10,956

11,056

422

101,480

11,039

waste management

Import/export, wholesale

171,324

802,333

181,663

820,526

183,840

827,738

and retail trades

Import and export trade

97,253

498,545

101,796

490,308

103,864

494,115

Wholesale

14,686

64,006

14,480

62,515

14,055

62,070

Retail

59,385

239,782

65,387

267,703

65,921

271,553

Accommodation(2) and food

14,679

247,045

17,068

277,794

17,874

285,554

services

Accommodation services(2)

899

31,859

1,148

40,585

1,191

40,596

Food and beverage services

13,780

215,186

15,920

237,209

16,683

244,958

Transportation, storage,

8,805

159,297

9,701

171,620

9,757

176,638

postal and courier services

Information and

9,026

87,847

12,224

103,248

12,595

105,215

communications

Financing and insurance

17,574

185,614

22,516

213,490

22,723

217,249

Real estate

11,992

108,410

15,198

126,523

15,296

128,773

Professional and business

34,420

302,352

43,836

353,817

44,484

358,128

services

Social and personal services

35,953

422,734

45,562

466,088

47,791

490,967

All industries above

317,012 2,451,496

359,728 2,647,823

365,840

2,702,861

Construction sites(3)

992

53,154

1,309

80,061

1,261

86,343

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)

(ii)

Agriculture, forestry and fishing (entire industry section).

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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