On the other hand, the share of the manufacturing sector in total employment shrank visibly, from 42 per cent in 1980 to 28 per cent in 1990, and further to only about 8 per cent in 1999.

• 另一方面，制造业占的比率则明显缩减，由一九八零年的42%25下跌至一九九零年的28%25，到一九九九年更进一步下跌至只有8%25左右。