HONG KONG 2004
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Table 18
(Chapter 6: Employment)
 
Number of Establishments and Persons Engaged (other than those in
the Civil Service) by Industry Sector, and Number of Construction
Sites and Manual Workers at Construction Sites
 
          1999   2003   2004
   
Industry Sector/Sub-sector Establishments   Persons
Engaged 		  Establishments   Persons
Engaged 		  Establishments   Persons
Engaged
Mining and quarrying 6   353   7   180   6   134
Manufacturing 23 553   244 720   16 272   168 348   15 748   165 268
Electricity and gas 21   8 606   16   8 337   16   8 128
Wholesale, retail and                      
  import/export trades,                      
  restaurants and hotels                      
  Wholesale 15 906   71 819   14 529   64 693   14 897   70 818
  Retail 55 008   201 421   55 114   217 102   54 736   218 443
  Import and export trades 100 853   510 012   96 834   490 700   96 523   503 287
  Restaurants 10 145   190 909   10 574   177 164   10 720   185 449
  Hotels and boarding houses 807   28 102   696   24 201   690   25 471
Transport, storage and                      
  communications                      
  Transport and storage 9 182   135 850   9 408   142 854   9 195   150 622
  Communications 1 208   36 146   1 139   31 451   1 035   30 646
Financing, insurance, real                      
  estate and business services                      
  Financing and insurance 15 191   161 537   14 703   147 729   14 585   151 454
  Real estate 12 032   89 429   8 645   85 946   8 882   87 460
  Business services 24 097   164 360   27 327   190 158   28 245   208 532
Community, social and                      
  personal services 27 898   336 493   32 734   416 508   33 609   435 151
                         
All industry sectors above 295 907   2 179 757   287 998   2 165 371   288 887   2 240 863
                   
Construction sites 994   71 789   974   65 065   964   58 951
 
 
Notes:
(a) Figures refer to December of the year.
(b) 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.
(c) Figures in this table do not cover establishments and persons engaged in the following activities:
  (i) Agriculture and fishing.
  (ii) Construction (other than construction sites).
  (iii) Hawkers and retail pitches (other than market stalls).
  (iv) Taxis, public lights buses, goods vehicles, barges, lighters and stevedoring services.
  (v) Public administration, religious organisations, authors and other independents artists, domestic helpers and miscellaneous recreational and personal services.
(d) Establishment in construction sites refer to number of sites, while persons engaged refer to manual workers only.
(e) Manual workers at construction sites include craftsmen, semi-skilled and unskilled workers.
(f) Starting from March 2002 round of Quarterly Survey of Employment and Vacancies, the survey coverage has been expanded to include five more industries in the community, social and personal services sector. They are veterinary services, billiard centres, bowling centres, electronic game centres and funeral services.
Source: Employment Statistics Section, Census and Statistics Department.
(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2582 5076)
 
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