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23-8 Number of Employed
Persons by Industry |
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(10 000 persons) |
| Industry |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
| Manufacturing
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44.30 |
37.96 |
35.39 |
33.37 |
32.64 |
| Construction
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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
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67.82 |
69.56 |
73.29 |
75.47 |
79.89 |
| Others
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3.00 |
2.72 |
2.65 |
2.62 |
2.31 |
| Total
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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 |
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Vacancies. Each source has its own merits and limitations in
reflecting the employment situation. The GHS estimates are presented here
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because the omission in terms of coverage of the employed
population is negligible. Besides, individual persons, including multiple
job |
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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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the industry to which they belong, especially for workers in the
manufacturing sector. With the relocation of some production processes to
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the mainland of China, there is a change in the mode of operation
of the traditional manufacturing establishments in Hong Kong. |
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some of these establishments are more appropriately classified as
import/export establishments if the majority of the |
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production activities are carried out in the mainland of China. However, this change in
statistical classification may not be readily recognized |
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persons, particularly the technicians and craftsmen, of the
establishments concerned. Hence, the GHS employment |
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estimate in respect of the manufacturing sector will be overstated to the extent that some
respondents mistakenly regard themselves as |
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still being engaged in the manufacturing sector instead of the import/export trades. |
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