to find a job which might require the job-holder to be stationed in the Mainland for a relatively
long period of time/action taken to find such job No. of persons
('000) (%)
Yes 14.8 38.9
Searched information on job vacancies through the Internet
4.8 (32.7)
Sought assistance from relatives/friends 3.9 (26.2)
Placed/answered advertisement 3.4 (23.2)
Attended career exhibitions 1.4 (9.2)
Others 1.3 (8.6)
No 23.2 61.1
Total 38.1 100.0
Note : Figures in brackets represent the percentage shares in all economically active persons in respect of those who had taken action in the past six months to find a job which might require them to be stationed in the Mainland for a relatively long period of time.
Source : Thematic Household Survey Report No. 13 : Employment Concerns and Training Needs of the Labour Force, Census and Statistics Department.
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Economically active persons having intention to work in a job which might require them to be stationed in the Mainland for a relatively long period of time in the coming 12 months by perception on whether skill upgrading and
training/retraining would be required/type of skill upgrading and training/retraining required
Perception on whether skill upgrading and training/retraining would be required/type of
skill upgrading and training/retraining required No. of persons
('000) (%)
Required 16.4 43.2
Putonghua 6.5 (39.8)
Computer skills 2.6 (16.0)
China-related knowledge 1.9 (11.9)
Job-specific skills 1.7 (10.2)
Basic academic qualification required for entry 1.1 (6.9)
Management skills 1.1 (6.8)
Others 1.4 (8.5)
Not required 21.6 56.8
Total 38.1 100.0
Note : Figures in brackets represent the percentage shares in all economically active persons in respect of those who had intention to work in a job which might require them to be stationed in the Mainland for a relatively long period of time in the coming 12 months and perceived that skill upgrading and training/retraining would be required for them to do so.
Source : Thematic Household Survey Report No. 13 : Employment Concerns and Training Needs of the Labour Force, Census and Statistics Department.
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Economically active persons by whether having attended any job-related training/retraining courses arranged by employers and/or
on own initiative in the past 12 months
Whether having attended any job-related training/retraining courses arranged by employers and/or on own initiative in the past 12 months
Yes No Total
No. of persons No. of persons No. of persons
('000) (%) ('000) (%) ('000) (%)
Job-related training/
retraining courses arranged by employers
338.9 9.9 3 091.2 90.1 3 430.1 100.0
Job-related training/
retraining courses attended on own initiative
242.2 7.1 3 187.9 92.9 3 430.1 100.0
Overall+ 499.2 14.6 2 930.9 85.4 3 430.1 100.0
Note : (+) A person might have attended both the job-related training/retraining courses arranged by employers and those on own initiative in the past 12 months.
Source : Thematic Household Survey Report No. 13 : Employment Concerns and Training Needs of the Labour Force, Census and Statistics Department.
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Percentage distribution of economically active persons by whether having plan to attend job-related training/retraining courses in the coming 12 months and type of job-related training/retraining courses to be attended
Notes : (#) Multiple answers were allowed.
Figures in brackets represent the percentage shares in all economically active persons in respect of those who had plan to attend job-related training/retraining courses in the coming 12 months.
Source : Thematic Household Survey Report No. 13 : Employment Concerns and Training Needs of the Labour Force, Census and Statistics Department.
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160
others china-related knowledge communication job-specific language skill management skill It skill
Type of course to be attended#
IT skills 145.8 (26.2%)
Management skills 126.8 (22.7%)
Language skills 138.5 (24.8%)
Job-specific skills 92.2 (16.5%)
Interpersonal and intrapersonal skills required for workplace 32.3 (5.8%)
China-related knowledge and world vision 14.2 (2.5%)
No. of persons ('000) No
83.7% Yes
16.3%
Whether having plan to attend job-related training/retraining courses in the coming 12 months
Other skills 72.1 (12.9%)
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Number of persons engaged as at mid-2002 by occupation category by employment type
0 100 200 300 400 500
Elementary occupations Plant and machine operators and assemblers Craft and related workers Service workers and shop sales workers
Clerks Associate professionals Professionals Managers and administrators
Number of persons engaged ('000)
Full-time permanent
Full-time non-permanent
Part-time
Source : Report on 2002 Establishment Survey on Manpower Training and Job Skills Requirements, Census and Statistics Department.
Occupation category
Annex 41
Distribution of employees recruited from outside Hong Kong by country/territory of recruitment
The mainland
of China (34.8%)
Japan (9.2%) The United
Kingdom (8.3%) The United
States (6.9%) Other countries / territories
(40.7%)
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
Community, social and personal services Financing, insurance, real estate
and business services Transport, storage and communications
Wholesale, retail and import/export trades, restaurants and hotels
Construction (with 10+ persons engaged) Manufacutring, electricity and gas
% of employees recruited from the mainland of China Economic sector
Source : Report on 2002 Establishment Survey on Manpower Training and Job Skills Requirements, Census and Statistics Department.
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Proportion of persons engaged as at mid-2002 (actual) and mid-2007 (projected) by economic sector
Economic sector
Proportion of persons engaged
Change (% points) Mid-2002 Mid-2007
Manufacturing, electricity and gas 9.2% 8.7% - 0.5
Construction (with 10+ persons engaged)
4.2% 4.2% 0.0
Wholesale, retail and import/export trades, restaurants and hotels
48.7% 49.3% + 0.6
Transport, storage and communications 11.4% 11.3% - 0.1 Financing, insurance, real estate and
business services
20.7% 20.8% + 0.1
Community, social and personal services
5.8% 5.7% - 0.2
Total 100.0% 100.0%
Notes : (1) All information collected in the survey, including factual data and employers’ opinions, refers only to the businesses of the sampled establishments rather than that of the respective sectors they were engaged in. As such, the survey findings may not fully reflect the situation of those growth sectors with new establishments joining, and those declining sectors with existing establishments closing down or changing trade.
(2) Quite a number of respondents found it difficult to forecast the manpower requirement as at mid-2007, as they did not have such long-term plans in face of rapid changes in the economy. Hence, care should be taken in interpreting the survey findings in respect of the projected manpower requirement as at mid-2007, which may just represent the respondents’ manpower requirement in broad terms in the foreseeable future.
Source : Report on 2002 Establishment Survey on Manpower Training and Job Skills Requirements, Census and Statistics Department.
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Proportion of persons engaged as at mid-2002 (actual) and mid-2007 (projected) by occupation category
Occupation category
Proportion of persons engaged
Change (% points) Mid-2002 Mid-2007
Managers and administrators 16.8% 16.7% - 0.1
Professionals 6.3% 6.9% + 0.6
Associate professionals 9.6% 9.6% + 0.1
Clerks 19.1% 19.4% + 0.3
Service workers and shop sales workers
20.2% 20.2% 0.0
Craft and related workers 6.1% 6.0% - 0.1
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
7.1% 6.8% - 0.3
Elementary occupations 14.8% 14.4% - 0.4
Total 100.0% 100.0%
Notes : (1) All information collected in the survey, including factual data and employers’ opinions, refers only to the businesses of the sampled establishments rather than that of the respective sectors they were engaged in. As such, the survey findings may not fully reflect the situation of those growth sectors with new establishments joining, and those declining sectors with existing establishments closing down or changing trade.
(2) Quite a number of respondents found it difficult to forecast the manpower requirement as at mid-2007, as they did not have such long-term plans in face of rapid changes in the economy. Hence, care should be taken in interpreting the survey findings in respect of the projected manpower requirement as at mid-2007, which may just represent the respondents’ manpower requirement in broad terms in the foreseeable future.
Source : Report on 2002 Establishment Survey on Manpower Training and Job Skills Requirements, Census and Statistics Department.
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Proportion of persons engaged as at mid-2002 (actual) and mid-2007 (projected) by educational attainment
Educational attainment
Proportion of persons engaged
Change ( % points)
Mid-2002 Mid-2007
Postgraduate 1.9% 2.6% + 0.7
First degree 15.3% 21.6% + 6.3
Sub-degree 3.8% 4.7% + 0.9
Technician 3.0% 3.1% 0.0
Craft 1.8% 1.7% - 0.1
Matriculation 8.2% 12.1% + 4.0
Upper secondary 33.0% 29.6% - 3.4
Lower secondary and below 33.0% 24.5% - 8.4
Total 100.0% 100.0%
Notes : (1) All information collected in the survey, including factual data and employers’ opinions, refers only to the businesses of the sampled establishments rather than that of the respective sectors they were engaged in. As such, the survey findings may not fully reflect the situation of those growth sectors with new establishments joining, and those declining sectors with existing establishments closing down or changing trade.
(2) Quite a number of respondents found it difficult to forecast the manpower requirement as at mid-2007, as they did not have such long-term plans in face of rapid changes in the economy. Hence, care should be taken in interpreting the survey findings in respect of the projected manpower requirement as at mid-2007, which may just represent the respondents’ manpower requirement in broad terms in the foreseeable future.
Source : Report on 2002 Establishment Survey on Manpower Training and Job Skills Requirements, Census and Statistics Department.
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Distribution of establishments by whether having plans to recruit employees from the mainland of China over the next 5 years
Not specified
(3.1%)
No (82.9%)
Yes (13.9%)
Occupation category of employees to be recruited
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
Others Professionals Managers and administrators
% of establishments having such plans
Preferred educational attainment of employees to be recruited
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
Others First degree Postgraduate
% of establishments having such plans
Source : Report on 2002 Establishment Survey on Manpower Training and Job Skills Requirements, Census and Statistics Department.
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Distribution of establishments by whether having plans to deploy persons to work in the mainland of China over the next 5 years
Not specified
(2.8%)
No (80.9%)
Yes (16.3%)
Occupation category of persons to be deployed
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
Others Professionals Managers and administrators
% of establishments having such plans
Preferred educational attainment of persons to be deployed
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
Others First degree Postgraduate
% of establishments having such plans
Source : Report on 2002 Establishment Survey on Manpower Training and Job Skills Requirements, Census and Statistics Department.
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Views on business prospects over the next 5 years in view of Hong Kong’s economic restructuring and China’s accession to WTO
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Community, social and personal services Financing, insurance,
real estate and business services Transport, storage and
communications Wholesale, retail and import/export trades, restaurants and hotels Construction (with 10+ persons
engaged) Manufacturing, electricity and gas
Very optimistic
Optimistic
Neither optimistic nor pessimistic
Pessimistic
Very pessimistic
No comment
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Large Medium-sized
Small
% of establishments Size of establishment
% of establishments Economic sector
Source : Report on 2002 Establishment Survey on Manpower Training and Job Skills Requirements, Census and Statistics Department
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Impact of Hong Kong’s economic restructuring and
China’s accession to WTO on business turnover over the next 5 years
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Community, social and personal services Financing, insurance,
real estate and business services Transport, storage and
communications Wholesale, retail and import/export trades, restaurants and hotels Construction (with 10+ persons
engaged) Manufacturing,
electricity and gas Significant increase
Some increase
No change
Some decrease
Significant decrease
No comment
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Large Medium-sized
Small
% of establishments Size of establishment
% of establishments Economic sector
Source : Report on 2002 Establishment Survey on Manpower Training and Job Skills Requirements, Census and Statistics Department.
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Distribution of establishments by whether having investment in the mainland of China
Not specified
(1.6%)
No (81.6%)
Yes (16.8%)
Type of investment project
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
Real estate Wholesale Retail Import/export Manufacturing
% of establishments having investment in the mainland of China
Source : Report on 2002 Establishment Survey on Manpower Training and Job Skills Requirements, Census and Statistics Department.
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New business opportunities brought about by China’s accession to WTO
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Community, social and personal services Financing, insurance,
real estate and business services Transport, storage and
communications Wholesale, retail and import/export trades, restaurants and hotels Construction (with 10+ persons
engaged) Manufacturing, electricity and gas
Would bring about new business opportunities Would not bring about new business opportunities Not specified
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Large Medium-sized
Small
% of establishments Size of establishment
% of establishments Economic sector
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Implications for Hong Kong's business environment over the next 5 years upon China's accession to WTO
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
Hong Kong's middleman role likely to diminish More inducement to conduct business
in the mainland of China upon more objective and transparent rules and regulations
More companies to relocate their business operations to the mainland of China
Need to better understand the market and changes in investment environment in the mainland of China
Face keener competition from enterprises in the mainland of China
% of establishments considering that specific concern to have implications Concern
Source : Report on 2002 Establishment Survey on Manpower Training and Job Skills Requirements, Census and Statistics Department.
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Measures to be adopted by the company over the next 5 years to cope with Hong Kong’s economic restructuring and China’s accession to WTO
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
Increase intake of skilled workers Search for working partners or commence
business in the mainland of China Expand business in the mainland of China
Diversify the business of the company Restructure the organisation and/or business process to stay competitive Upgrade the capability of the workforce in terms of technology and language skills
Upgrade the skills of existing staff Focus on the core business and reduce the peripheral business with lower value-added
Increase the use of IT within the company
% of establishments to adopt the measure Measure
Source : Report on 2002 Establishment Survey on Manpower Training and Job Skills Requirements, Census and Statistics Department.
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Distribution of establishments having employees
by whether having training plans and/or training budget for employees
Yes (13.1%)
No (82.3%)
Not specified
(4.6%)
(i) Whether having training plans (ii) Whether having training budget
Yes (11.2%)
No (84.2%)
Not specified
(4.6%)
Source : Report on 2002 Establishment Survey on Manpower Training and Job Skills Requirements, Census and Statistics Department.
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Distribution of establishments having employees by whether having plans to increase training for upgrading knowledge and skills of employees
Yes (29.1%) Not specified
(5.0%)
No (66.0%)
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
Increase training slightly Increase training moderately
Increase training considerably
% of establishments having such plans
Source : Report on 2002 Establishment Survey on Manpower Training and Job Skills Requirements, Census and Statistics Department.
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Most popular types of skills to be enhanced
Occupation category Most popular type of skill to be enhanced Managers and administrators Management skills
Professionals IT skills
Associate professionals IT skills
Clerks Language skills
Service workers and shop sales workers Language skills
Craft and related workers Interpersonal and intrapersonal skills for the workplace
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
Job-specific skills
Elementary occupations Interpersonal and intrapersonal skills for the workplace
Source : Report on 2002 Establishment Survey on Manpower Training and Job Skills Requirements, Census and Statistics Department.