In spite of the structural change , the manufacturing sector remained an important sector of the economy , providing employment to 202984 persons ( 9 per cent of the total private sector employees ) in december 2001 虽然经济转型，但制造业仍然是本港经济的重要支柱。二零零一年十二月，制造业雇用202984名工人(占商业机构总就业人数的9 % ) 。
On the other hand , the share of the manufacturing sector in total employment was on a distinct downtrend , dropping from 42 per cent in 1980 to 28 per cent in 1990 , and further to only about 8 per cent in 1998 另一方面，制造业占总就业人数的比率则明显下降，由一九八零年的42 %下跌至一九九零年的28 % ，到一九九八年进一步下跌至约8 % 。
But in terms of employment size , the wholesale , retail and importexport trades , restaurants and hotels , as well as community , social and personal services were the two largest employers in the economy in 2002 但以总就业人数计算，批发、零售、进出口贸易、饮食及酒店业，以及社区、社会及个人服务业则是二零零二年雇员最多的两大行业。
The surplus of labour supply over labour demand became more distinct in the latter part of 1998 , when total employment registered a decrease and vacancies fell substantially across the board consequential to the downturn in the economy 劳工供过于求的情况在一九九八年后期更形显著，随经济逆转，总就业人数下跌，职位空缺也全面大幅减少。
7 . there have been extensive improvements in the labour market . total employment has hit successive new highs over the past three years , with the latest figure close to the 3 . 5 million mark , up by more than 310 000 over its low point in 2003 7 .劳工市场普遍好转，总就业人数在过去三年屡创新高，最新数字已接近350万，较二三年经济谷底时增加超过310 000人。
Over the past two decades , the share of the services sector in total employment followed a continuous uptrend , rising distinctly from 51 per cent in 1982 to 69 per cent in 1992 and further to 84 per cent in the first three quarters of 2002 在过去20年，服务业在总就业人数中所占的比率一直处于上升轨，由一九八二年的51 %明显升至一九九二年的69 % ，二零零二年首三季进一步升至84 % 。
Since aggregate hours worked are the product of two components : aggregate labor employed and individual hours worked , the lower variance of theoretical aggregate hours worked may be the result of ignoring the importance of the variance of aggregate labor employed 因为总合工时是总就业人数和每人工时的乘积，因此前述低估总工时波动的情形，可能是我们忽略了总就业人数波动对总工时波动所产生的影响。
Measured in terms of employment , the wholesale , retail and importexport trades , restaurants and hotels again topped the list , accounting for nearly one - third of the total employment in 2000 . this was followed by community , social and personal services ( with a share of 24 per cent ) , financing , insurance , real estate and business services ( 14 per cent ) , and transport , storage and communications ( 11 per cent ) 以就业人数计算，批发、零售及进出口贸易、饮食及酒店业同样占最大比重，在二零零零年占总就业人数近三分之一；其次是社区、社会及个人服务业（占24 % ） ，金融、保险、地产及商用服务业（ 14 % ） ，以及运输、仓库及通讯业（ 11 % ） 。
Within this total , the wholesale , retail and importexport trades , restaurants and hotels was the largest employer , accounting for about 32 per cent of total employment in 1998 . this was followed by community , social and personal services ( 23 per cent ) ; financing , insurance , real estate and business services ( 13 per cent ) ; and transport , storage and communications ( 12 per cent ) 在这总数中，批发、零售及进出口贸易、饮食及酒店业的就业人数最多，在一九九八年占总就业人数约32 % ；其次是社区、社会及个人服务业( 23 % ) ；金融、保险、地产及商用服务业( 13 % ) ；以及运输、仓库及通讯业( 12 % ) 。
