23-8  Employed Persons by Industry
	(10 000 persons)
Industry	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Manufacturing	26.8	23.1	22.4	21.7	20.4
Construction	26.0	26.2	26.3	26.9	27.8
Wholesale, Retail and
Import and Export Trades,	98.5	106.4	109.4	110.8	114.7
Restaurants and Hotels
Transport, Storage and	34.3	35.5	35.6	36.8	37.3
Communications
Financing, Insurance, Real
Estate and Business Services	47.2	48.2	50.6	52.9	54.8
Community, Social and
Personal Services	84.6	86.0	87.4	89.6	92.3
Others	2.4	2.3	2.4	2.3	2.2
Total	319.7	327.7	334.1	341.0	349.5
Note : Figures are compiled based on the data obtained from the General Household Survey for the four quarters of the year.