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Table 18

(Chapter 6: Employment)

Appendices

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

2010

2014

2015

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

3

83

2

80

2

72

Manufacturing

12,441

117,590

11,056

101,480

Electricity and gas supply, and

324

11,075

422

11,039

10,705 398

98,879

10,964

waste management

Import/export, wholesale

178,243

813,230

183,840

827,738

180,506

813,536

and retail trades

Import and export trade

101,575

500,817

103,864

494,115

101,698

484,071

Wholesale

14,955

64,064

14,055

62,070

13,666

61,393

Retail

61,713

248,349

65,921

271,553

65,142

268,072

Accommodation(2) and food

15,911

255,288

17,874

285,554

17,860

283,269

services

Accommodation services(2)

978

33,386

1,191

40,596

1,221

40,012

Food and beverage services

14,933

221,902

16,683

244,958

16,639

243,257

Transportation, storage,

9,484

161,544

9,757

176,638

9,641

178,497

postal and courier services

Information and

9,958

88,894

12,595

105,215

12,732

106,527

communications

Financing and insurance

19,026

196,413

22,723

217,249

23,261

220,436

Real estate

12,942

112,542

15,296

128,773

15,645

128,650

Professional and business

36,899

314,344

44,484

358,128

45,655

363,285

services

Social and personal services

39,018

432,812

47,791

490,967

49,240

501,919

All industries above

334,249

2,503,815

365,840 2,702,861

365,645 2,706,034

Construction sites(3)

1,101

55,425

1,261

86,343

1,391

101,982

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' refers to the number of sites while 'persons engaged' refers 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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