In this section, up-to-date time series with detailed breakdown are presented. Besides regular updating, the coverage is reviewed on a periodic basis to ensure that the statistics covered best meet the needs of most users.

On 1 July 1997, Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. In respect of statistics in this section, "Hong Kong" stands for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region while "China" stands for the mainland of China with effect from July 1997.

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Table:Number of establishments, persons engaged and vacancies (other than those in the Civil Service) analysed by industry section

YearMonthSection B : Mining and quarrying
EstablishmentsPersons engagedVacancies
No.Year-on-year % changeNo.Year-on-year % changeNo.Year-on-year % change
2008 Sep 5 0.0 98 -6.7 0 -
Dec 4 -20.0 98 -3.9 0 -
2009 Mar 4 -20.0 97 -1.0 0 -
Jun 4 -20.0 95 -6.9 0 -
Sep 4 -20.0 95 -3.1 0 -

YearMonthSection C : Manufacturing
EstablishmentsPersons engagedVacancies
No.Year-on-year % changeNo.Year-on-year % changeNo.Year-on-year % change
2008 Sep 13 137 -3.2 131 317 -3.7 1 505 -16.2
Dec 13 048 -2.9 130 602 -3.8 1 050 -36.2
2009 Mar 12 847 -3.1 125 682 -7.0 661 -67.1
Jun 12 902 -3.2 124 682 -6.2 655 -67.2
Sep 13 090 -0.4 124 689 -5.0 1 216 -19.2

YearMonthSections D & E : Electricity, gas and waste management
EstablishmentsPersons engagedVacancies
No.Year-on-year % changeNo.Year-on-year % changeNo.Year-on-year % change
2008 Sep 328 28.6 10 889 9.3 75 141.9
Dec 293 7.7 10 657 4.4 62 -3.1
2009 Mar 318 16.9 10 550 -2.8 40 2.6
Jun 320 17.2 10 522 1.5 47 -19.0
Sep 316 -3.7 10 409 -4.4 32 -57.3

YearMonthSection F : Construction sites (manual workers only)
EstablishmentsPersons engagedVacancies
No.Year-on-year % changeNo.Year-on-year % changeNo.Year-on-year % change
2008 Sep 1 012 9.3 48 144 -2.1 41 57.7
Dec 986 4.2 49 448 -1.3 11 -26.7
2009 Mar 970 -0.7 51 944 2.8 3 -92.1
Jun 954 -5.9 48 942 -1.2 4 -86.7
Sep 987 -2.5 47 965 -0.4 18 -56.1

YearMonthPart of Section G : Import/export trade and wholesale
EstablishmentsPersons engagedVacancies
No.Year-on-year % changeNo.Year-on-year % changeNo.Year-on-year % change
2008 Sep 111 109 -1.5 581 984 -0.5 7 207 -18.0
Dec 109 575 -1.5 576 566 -1.8 4 132 -50.1
2009 Mar 108 077 -3.3 559 815 -4.5 3 261 -67.1
Jun 109 012 -2.8 554 155 -5.3 4 317 -51.9
Sep 109 201 -1.7 558 276 -4.1 4 500 -37.6

YearMonthPart of Section G : Retail
EstablishmentsPersons engagedVacancies
No.Year-on-year % changeNo.Year-on-year % changeNo.Year-on-year % change
2008 Sep 56 306 -0.3 237 789 3.6 5 458 9.8
Dec 55 989 -1.2 236 910 1.5 3 527 -19.7
2009 Mar 56 791 -0.4 232 014 -0.6 2 890 -49.6
Jun 57 632 1.5 232 556 -1.5 3 661 -29.4
Sep 58 022 3.0 236 827 -0.4 4 216 -22.8

YearMonthSection H : Transportation, storage, postal and courier services
EstablishmentsPersons engagedVacancies
No.Year-on-year % changeNo.Year-on-year % changeNo.Year-on-year % change
2008 Sep 8 077 0.2 156 911 3.8 1 604 -24.9
Dec 7 667 -5.4 155 838 1.8 881 -50.8
2009 Mar 8 456 4.2 157 977 1.6 974 -58.2
Jun 8 687 7.2 156 867 -0.1 989 -49.1
Sep 8 817 9.2 157 715 0.5 1 144 -28.7

YearMonthSection I : Accommodation and food services
EstablishmentsPersons engagedVacancies
No.Year-on-year % changeNo.Year-on-year % changeNo.Year-on-year % change
2008 Sep 13 665 -0.3 245 145 2.5 5 401 -19.4
Dec 13 504 -1.4 240 719 * 5 694 5.6
2009 Mar 13 639 0.1 238 220 * 5 165 -4.2
Jun 13 984 3.4 238 826 -1.3 4 483 -19.2
Sep 14 224 4.1 240 207 -2.0 7 074 31.0

YearMonthSection J : Information and communications
EstablishmentsPersons engagedVacancies
No.Year-on-year % changeNo.Year-on-year % changeNo.Year-on-year % change
2008 Sep 8 706 -1.4 89 863 5.2 2 152 -6.2
Dec 8 479 -1.9 87 717 1.7 835 -55.5
2009 Mar 8 437 -1.5 86 124 -0.9 880 -57.8
Jun 8 665 -1.0 86 872 -3.3 1 515 -36.7
Sep 8 717 0.1 87 910 -2.2 1 353 -37.1

YearMonthSection K : Financing and insurance
EstablishmentsPersons engagedVacancies
No.Year-on-year % changeNo.Year-on-year % changeNo.Year-on-year % change
2008 Sep 16 105 2.9 186 419 5.6 3 838 -26.4
Dec 16 211 3.2 181 188 0.9 2 394 -47.0
2009 Mar 16 518 4.5 181 860 -0.6 1 770 -65.8
Jun 16 916 6.5 182 270 -1.6 1 908 -60.4
Sep 16 864 4.7 182 173 -2.3 3 818 -0.5

YearMonthSection L : Real estate
EstablishmentsPersons engagedVacancies
No.Year-on-year % changeNo.Year-on-year % changeNo.Year-on-year % change
2008 Sep 11 072 3.0 106 506 3.2 2 766 -13.7
Dec 10 845 0.2 104 931 -0.1 1 980 -32.7
2009 Mar 10 914 -0.5 104 368 -1.2 1 517 -57.1
Jun 11 176 2.2 105 154 -0.9 1 971 -37.0
Sep 11 487 3.7 107 123 0.6 2 312 -16.4

YearMonthSections M & N : Professional and business services
EstablishmentsPersons engagedVacancies
No.Year-on-year % changeNo.Year-on-year % changeNo.Year-on-year % change
2008 Sep 32 188 0.8 288 835 2.7 6 527 -4.7
Dec 31 555 -1.6 288 237 1.7 4 242 -34.5
2009 Mar 32 405 0.9 286 498 0.5 3 498 -53.9
Jun 33 129 2.3 290 060 0.9 3 538 -44.5
Sep 33 790 5.0 294 391 1.9 4 990 -23.5

YearMonthSections P - S : Social and personal services
EstablishmentsPersons engagedVacancies
No.Year-on-year % changeNo.Year-on-year % changeNo.Year-on-year % change
2008 Sep 32 911 2.1 404 962 4.5 11 186 8.7
Dec 33 232 1.9 405 960 3.8 7 345 -31.2
2009 Mar 33 754 3.1 407 093 2.6 7 122 -42.6
Jun 34 165 4.4 411 606 3.2 8 438 -24.2
Sep 34 636 5.2 417 079 3.0 8 109 -27.5

YearMonthAll industry sections covered in the survey
EstablishmentsPersons engagedVacancies
No.Year-on-year % changeNo.Year-on-year % changeNo.Year-on-year % change
2008 Sep 304 621 -0.2 2 488 862 2.2 47 760 -8.7
Dec 301 388 -0.9 2 468 871 0.5 32 153 -33.1
2009 Mar 303 130 -0.7 2 442 242 -1.0 27 781 -50.6
Jun 307 546 0.6 2 442 607 -1.5 31 526 -38.9
Sep 310 155 1.8 2 464 859 -1.0 38 782 -18.8

Notes : (1)Establishments in construction sites refer to number of sites, while persons engaged and vacancies refer to manual workers only. Please refer to "Limitations of the Survey" in Part V of the Quarterly Report of Employment and Vacancies at Construction Sites.
 (2)Industrial coverage of retail trade is slightly incomplete in the present context. Main omissions are hawkers and retail pitches (other than market stalls).
 (3)Industrial coverage of the transportation, storage, postal and courier services is rather incomplete in the present context. Main omissions are taxis, public light buses, and part of goods vehicles and inland freight water transport.
 (4)Industrial coverage of the financing and insurance is slightly incomplete in the present context. Main omissions are monetary authorities and self-employed insurance agents with no business registration.
 (5)Industrial coverage of professional and business services is slightly incomplete in the present context. Main omissions are renting and leasing of recreational and sports goods.
 (6)Industrial coverage of social and personal services is rather incomplete in the present context. Main omissions are industry sections T & U ("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.
 (7)Starting from March 2009 round of the SEV, the survey coverage has been expanded to include more economic activities in some of the industries due to the change in industrial classification. The industries concerned are in Section H Transportation, storage, postal and courier services, Section N Administrative and support services and Sections P - S Social and personal services.
 (8)Figures relate only to those industries covered. Figures relating to the Civil Service are excluded.
 (9)The above statistics are compiled based on the Hong Kong Standard Industrial Classification (HSIC) Version 2.0 and the series has been backcasted to March 2004 whereas the statistics prior to March 2004 are based on HSIC Version 1.1. Users may also download "HSIC Version 1.1-based statistics" for reference. For more details on the revision of HSIC, please refer to the feature article "Revision of the Hong Kong Standard Industrial Classification" published in the November 2008 issue of the Hong Kong Monthly Digest of Statistics.
 -Not applicable.
 *Increase or decrease within 0.05%.
Source : Employment Statistics Section,
Census and Statistics Department
(Enquiry telephone no. : 2582 5076)


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