Year 2018 Tooltips
Employees
Managerial and Professional
0
Supervisory
0
Craft and Operative
0
Administrative and Others
0
Total
0
Note(s):
Employees did not include part-time employees.
Managerial and Professional
0
Vacancy rate: 0.3%
Supervisory
0
Vacancy rate: 1.1%
Craft and Operative
0
Vacancy rate: 5.8%
Administrative and Others
0
Vacancy rate: 0.2%
Total
0
Vacancy rate: 4.5%
All the percentages are rounded to nearest 0.1%.
Managerial and Professional
0
Supervisory
0
Craft and Operative
0
Administrative and Others
0
Total
0
Managerial and Professional
0
Turnover rate: 0.8%
Supervisory
0
Turnover rate: 4.6%
Craft and Operative
0
Turnover rate: 30.5%
Administrative and Others
0
Turnover rate: 6.0%
All the percentages are rounded to nearest 0.1%.
Monthly Income Tooltips
All the percentages are rounded to nearest 0.1%.
Preferred Education Tooltips
All the percentages are rounded to nearest 0.1%.
All the percentages are rounded to nearest 0.1%.
Recruitment Difficulties
1st
Unsatisfactory terms of employment
2nd
Unsatisfactory working environment
3rd
Lack of candidates with relevant experience
Manpower Demand
Average Annual Growth
0
2018
Actual
0
2022
Forecast
0
Note(s):
(1) The figures included employees and vacancies.
(2) The manpower forecast is based on the historical manpower survey data, together with the market trends in a longer term, technological developments of the industry and other social-economic determinants.
(3) Readers are alerted to interpret the manpower forecast presented with caution due to global and local economic uncertainties. In particular, the local catering industry and related sectors of the tourism industry have been facing serious downturn since the social unrest started in June 2019. Employment will be adversely affected if the situation is not concluded timely.
All the percentages are rounded to nearest 0.1%.
Report

- Catering
- 2018 Manpower Survey Report
Development Opportunities
With the foodie culture and wide exposure to global dining trends, the local catering industry faces evolving impacts with business opportunities. While new items are on the queue, artisan food and drinks, revival of local traditional delicacies and home-style cooking are well supported among varied generations. Industry technology is still at its elementary stage. The industry is developing upon a new dimension which calls for creativity and innovation based on the traditional professionalism.

- Catering
- 2018 Manpower Update Report
Emerging Industry Needs
Business management tools leveraging on technology, 3D food designing, research and development as well as automating operations for adding value to the whole business cycle will be on the rise. Professional careers including menu engineers, product and service specialists, food consultants will be on offer. Talents with 21 Century skills are required for synchronising the basics of the industry and the evolvements brought about by technological and manpower changes.