24-8  Employed Persons by Industry
	(10 000 persons)
Industry (based on HSIC Version 1.1)	2005		2006	2007
Manufacturing		22.4	21.7	20.0
Construction		26.4	26.9	27.5
Wholesale, Retail and Import/Export		109.4	110.5	114.2
Trades, Restaurants and Hotels
Transport, Storage and Communications		35.7	36.9	37.2
Financing, Insurance, Real Estate and		50.3	52.6	54.6
Business Services
Community, Social and Personal Services		87.0	89.2	92.0
Others		2.4	2.3	2.2
Total		333.7	340.1	347.7
Industry (based on HSIC Version 2.0)	2008	2009	2010	2011
Manufacturing	16.6	15.0	13.3	13.3
Construction	26.5	26.2	26.5	27.7
Import/Export Trade and Wholesale	58.9	56.2	54.7	53.9
Retail, Accommodation① and Food Services	55.2	54.5	55.8	57.8
Transportation, Storage, Postal and Courier	43.4	42.3	42.2	43.4
Services, Information and Communications
Financing, Insurance, Real Estate,	63.9	63.7	64.1	67.6
Professional and Business Services
Public Administration, Social and	84.3	86.7	88.5	91.5
Personal Services
Others	2.2	2.1	2.3	2.4
Total	350.9	346.8	347.4	357.6
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.
Statistics involve the use of the population figures in the compilation process.  Annual figures of 2007-2010 have been revised to take into
account the results of the 2011 Population Census which provided a benchmark for revising the population figures compiled since the 2006
Population By-census.
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.
①Accommodation services cover hotels, guesthouses, boarding houses and other establishments providing short term accommodation.