香港政府
GIS 新聞處
DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
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SUNDAY, JUNE 2, 1974
SLIGHT DROP IN INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYMENT
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EMPLOYMENT IN HONG KONG INDUSTRY WAS REDUCED BY TWO AND A HALF PER CENT IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR, ACCORDING TO A SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THIS REPRESENTS A DROP OF 0.8 PER CENT IN THE WORKFORCE COMPARED WITH THE FIRST QUARTER LAST YEAR.
THE SURVEY SHOWED THAT 611,205 WORKERS WERE EMPLOYED IN REGISTERED AND RECORDED INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS AT THE END OF MARCH.
THIS COMPARES WITH THE RECORD FIGURE OF 627,230 AT THE END OF DECEMBER AND A FIGURE OF 616,609 AT THE END OF THE MARCH QUARTER LAST YEAR.
A SPOKESMAN SAID THE FIRST QUARTER DROP IN EMPLOYMENT THIS YEAR WHICH COMPARES WITH A 0.5 PER CENT DROP IN THE FIRST QUARTER LAST YEAR AND A DROP OF 1.13 PER CENT THE YEAR BEFORE APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN AGGRAVATED BY THE DOWNTURN IN WORLD TRADE.
HOWEVER, THERE WAS A SLIGHT UPTURN IN THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES NOTIFIED BY EMPLOYERS 8,406 OR 1.38 PER CENT OF THE WORKFORCE, COMPARED WITH 7,203 OR 1.15 PER CENT OF THE WORKFORCE AT THE END OF DECEMBER.
THE SURVEY SHOWED THAT MOST OF THE REDUCTION IN WORKFORCE HAD BEEN IN TEXTILES AND TEXTILE MADE-UPS (A DROP OF 7,225 OR 2.6 PER CENT TO...261,680) PLASTIC PRODUCTS (A DROP OF 2,424 OR 3.5 PER CENT TO 65,697)- PRINTING AND PUBLISHING (A DROP OF 846 OR 4.5 PER CENT TO 17,867) AND ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS AND ELECTRONICS (A DROP OF 744 OR ONE PER CENT TO 68,387).
EMPLOYMENT IN THE METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY HONG KONG'S FOURTH-LARGEST EMPLOYER, ROSE BY 0.4 PER CENT TO 51,132.
THE NUMBER OF INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS ROSE FROM 22,533 TO 22,702. THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT THIS WAS PROBABLY DUE TO THE OPENING OF A NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL SMALL ESTABLISHMENTS.
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Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel. 5-233191
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