Hong Kong 2006
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Appendices
Appendix 1
The Executive Council
Appendix 2
The Legislative Council
Appendix 3
The District Councils
Appendix 4
Overseas Representation in Hong Kong
Appendix 5
Hong Kong Representation
Appendix 6
Statistical Appendices
Table 1
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Table 6
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Appendix 6
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
          2001   2005   2006
   
Industry Sector / Sub-sector Establishments   Persons
Engaged 		  Establishments   Persons
Engaged 		  Establishments   Persons
Engaged
Mining and quarrying 7   179   6   128   6   116
Manufacturing 19 977   202 984   15 198   167 367   14 937   159 285
Electricity and gas 20   8 096   14   8 002   15   7 926
Wholesale, retail and                      
  import and export trades,                      
  restaurants and hotels                      
  Wholesale 14 601   66 082   15 068   69 164   14 891   67 392
  Retail 57 681   210 228   55 672   221 927   57 045   229 395
  Import and export trades 98 339   500 719   97 186   510 372   99 415   519 204
  Restaurants 10 685   193 127   11 423   193 901   11 827   201 250
  Hotels and boarding
  houses 		695   26 815   717   28 376   778   30 506
Transport, storage and                      
  communications                      
  Transport and storage 9 317   143 594   9 559   154 600   9 673   157 503
  Communications 1 249   38 104   1 016   29 152   957   29 381
Financing, insurance, real                      
  estate and business services                      
  Financing and insurance 15 481   161 069   15 167   157 601   15 910   167 712
  Real estate 9 791   80 658   9 941   95 895   10 265   99 001
  Business services 25 918   192 147   29 347   210 931   31 322   224 841
Community, social and                      
  personal services 31 255   385 053   35 067   446 800   36 661   460 763
                   
All industry sectors above 295 016   2 208 855   295 381   2 294 216   303 702   2 354 275
                   
Construction sites 931   76 601   868 54 456 911   51 004
 
 
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 skilled, semi-skilled and general 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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