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23-8 Number of Employed Persons by Industry |
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(10 000 persons) |
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Industry |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
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Manufacturing |
44.30 |
37.96 |
35.39 |
33.37 |
32.64 |
Construction |
30.31 |
30.66 |
28.68 |
30.17 |
29.14 |
Wholesale, Retail and |
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Import/Export Trades, |
96.08 |
95.35 |
93.51 |
98.17 |
98.11 |
Restaurants and Hotels |
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Transport, Storage and |
34.34 |
34.92 |
33.94 |
35.66 |
35.34 |
Communications |
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Financing, Insurance, Real |
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Estate and Business
Services |
40.51 |
41.03 |
43.77 |
45.27 |
47.81 |
Community, Social and |
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Personal Services |
67.82 |
69.56 |
73.29 |
75.47 |
79.89 |
Others |
3.00 |
2.72 |
2.65 |
2.62 |
2.31 |
Total |
316.36 |
312.20 |
311.21 |
320.73 |
325.23 |
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| Notes:
Employment statistics are compiled separately based on the General Household
Survey (GHS) and the Quarterly Survey of Employment and |
| Vacancies.
Each source has its own merits and limitations in reflecting the employment
situation. The GHS estimates are presented here |
| because the omission in terms of coverage of the employed population
is negligible. Besides, individual persons, including multiple job |
| holders, are counted only once. However, a major limitation of the GHS
estimates is that the respondents might not have reported accurately |
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industry to which they belong, especially for workers in the manufacturing
sector. With the relocation of some production processes to |
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mainland of China, there is a change in the mode of operation of the
traditional manufacturing establishments in Hong Kong. As a result, |
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of these establishments are more appropriately classified as import/export
establishments if the majority of the production activities are |
| carried out in the mainland of China. However, this change in
statistical classification may not be readily recognized by all the employed |
| persons, particularly the technicians and craftsmen, of the
establishments concerned. Hence, the GHS employment estimate in respect of
the |
| manufacturing sector will be overstated to the extent that some
respondents mistakenly regard themselves as still being engaged in the |
| manufacturing sector instead of the import/export trades. |
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