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Table 18

Appendices

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(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

2012

2016

2017

Industry (1)

Number of establishments

Number of

persons

engaged

Number of establishments

Number of

persons engaged

Number of

Number of establishments

persons engaged

Mining and quarrying

2

73

2

61

2

49

Manufacturing

11,716

105,308

10,032

94,856

9,553

91,442

Electricity and gas supply, and

371

10,275

390.

11,190

397

11,228

waste management

Import/export, wholesale

180,019

814,874

177,892

809,144

177,319

807,499

and retail trades

Import and export trade

101,342

491,260

100,587

480,963

100,523

477,820

Wholesale

14,768

63,368

13,579

60,647

13,574

60,415

Retail

63,909

260,246

63,726

267,534

63,222

269,264

Accommodation(2) and food

16,971

274,195

17,896

282,879

18,159

283,505

services

Accommodation services(2)

1,068

38,193

1,234

39,566

1,242

39,884

Food and beverage services

15,903

236,002

16,662

243,313

16,917

243,621

Transportation, storage,

9,569

167,241

9,713

178,802

9,833

180,251

postal and courier services

Information and

11,368

97,230

13,155

107,342

14,109

107,122

communications

Financing and insurance

21,271

207,700

24,379

222,720

25,792

227,156

Real estate

14,673

125,938

15,991

130,033

16,486

131,855

Professional and business

40,557

337,408

46,632

372,421

47,591

377,659

services

Social and personal services

42,732

454,210

49,885

507,952

51,005

517,373

All industries above

349,249 2,594,452

365,967 2,717,400

370,246 2,735,139

Construction sites(3)

1,158

70,578

1,391

112,370

1,439

122,761

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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