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Table 18

Appendices

6

(Chapter 7: Employment)

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

2011

2015

2016

Industry (1)

Number of establishments

Number of

persons engaged

Number of establishments

Number of

persons

Number of

engaged

Number of establishments

persons engaged

Mining and quarrying

2

71

2

72

2

61

Manufacturing

12,011

110,379

10,705

98,879

Electricity and gas supply, and

326

10,616

398

10,964

10,032 390

94,856

11,190

waste management

Import/export, wholesale

180,546

814,584

180,506

813,536

177,892

809,144

and retail trades

Import and export trade

102,273

495,847

101,698

484,071

100,587

480,963

Wholesale

14,996

63,763

13,666

61,393

13,579

60,647

Retail

63,277

254,974

65,142

268,072

63,726

267,534

Accommodation(2) and food

16,763

266,315

17,860

283,269

17,896

282,879

services

Accommodation services(2)

1,006

34,982

1,221

40,012

1,234

39,566

Food and beverage services

15,757

231,333

16,639

243,257

16,662

243,313

Transportation, storage,

9,769

165,474

9,641

178,497

9,713

178,802

postal and courier services

Information and

10,756

93,268

12,732

106,527

13,155

107,342

communications

Financing and insurance

20,610

207,324

23,261

220,436

24,379

222,720

Real estate

14,250

122,252

15,645

128,650

15,991

130,033

Professional and business

39,157

328,793

45,655

363,285

46,632

372,421

services

Social and personal services

41,194

441,705

49,240

501,919

49,885

507,952

All industries above

345,384 2,560,781

365,645 2,706,034

365,967 2,717,400

Construction sites(3)

1,172

69,395

1,391

101,982

1,391

112,370

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:

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

Agriculture, forestry and fishing (entire industry section).

Hawkers and retail pitches (other than market stalls).

Construction (other than construction sites).

(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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