Chinatown Household
Survey
Livelihood …
q A quarter of the respondents did not
answer this question; however, the largest proportion
(18%) of those who did were garment workers, followed by workers in the food
industry (7%), while those who worked in small businesses accounted for
5%. Business
owners were only 4% of the survey's population.
q Approximately half the business owners (46%)
were in ‘Retail’, and only 10%
were ‘Wholesale’
operations. In addition, the majority (53%)
of the businesses identified employed
2
to 5 workers,
and 15% had 5 to
10. Only 5%
employed more than 20.
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