23-8 Employed Persons by Industry
		(10 000 persons)
Industry	2004*	2005*	2006*	2007*
(based on HSIC Version 1.1)
Manufacturing	23.2	22.4	21.7	20.2
Construction	26.3	26.4	26.9	27.5
Wholesale, Retail and Import and Export	106.2	109.4	110.5	114.4
Trades, Restaurants and Hotels
Transport, Storage and Communications	35.5	35.7	36.9	37.2
Financing, Insurance, Real Estate and Business Services	48.0	50.3	52.6	54.8
Community, Social and Personal Services	85.8	87.0	89.2	92.1
Others	2.3	2.4	2.3	2.2
Total	327.4	333.7	340.1	348.4
Industry	2008
(based on HSIC Version 2.0)
Manufacturing	16.7
Construction	26.9
Import/Export Trade and Wholesale	58.7
Retail, Accommodation and Food services	55.9
Transportation, Storage, Postal and Courier	43.2
Services, Information and Communications
Financing, Insurance, Real Estate,	63.6
Professional and Business Services
Public Administration, Social and Personal Services	84.6
Others	21.7
Total	351.9
Notes : Figures are compiled based on data collected in the General Household Survey from January to December of the year concerned
as well as the mid-year population estimates by District Council district compiled jointly by the Census and Statistics Department
and an inter-departmental Working Group on Population Distribution Projections.
Starting from 2009, figures are compiled based on the Hong Kong Standard Industrial Classification Version 2.0 and the series
has been backcasted to 2008.