MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1976
EMPLOYMENT UP IN WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADES
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A TOTAL OF 253,990 PERSONS WERE ENGAGED IN THE IMPORT/EXPORT, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADES IN DECEMBER 1975, ACCORDING TO AN EMPLOYMENT SURVEY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT CONDUCTED RECENTLY.
THIS REPRESENTED AN INCREASE OF 2,648 PERSONS OR 1.1 PERCENT COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1975.
OF THE TOTAL NUMBER ENGAGED, 123,970 WERE IN THE RETAIL SECTOR, 72,146 IN IMPORT/EXPORT BUSINESSES AND. 21,319 IN THE WHOLESALE SECTOR.
THE OTHER 36,555 PERSONS WERE ENGAGED IN A COMBINATION OF IMPORT/EXPORT, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL ACTIVITIES.
THE SURVEY ALSO RECORDED 99,771 PERSONS BEING ENGAGED IN RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS, COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS QUARTER, THE FIGURE WAS HIGHER BY 6,151 PERSONS OR 6.6 PERCENT.
OF THESE 99,771 PERSONS, 83,302 WORKED IN RESTAURANTS, CAFES AND BARS AND 16,469 IN HOTELS AND BOARDING HOUSES.
DETAILED FIGURES OF EMPLOYMENT BROKEN DOWN BY COMMODITY GROUPS OR NATURE OF BUSINESS ARE OBTAINABLE ON REQUEST FROM THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
F.S. TO EXPLAIN BUDGET ON T.V.
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THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR. PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, WILL APPEAR ON ALL FIVE TELEVISION CHANNELS IN HONG KONG ON TUESDAY (MARCH 2) EVENING TO EXPLAIN THE BUDGET PROPOSALS HE MADE SIX DAYS AGO.
IN A HALF-HOUR PROGRAMME RECORDED IN THE RADIO HONG KONG TELEVISION STUDIO, HE WILL ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM TWO LEADING HONG KONG JOURNALISTS, MR. KYATANG WOO OF THE SING TAO NEWSPAPERS LIMITED AND MR. DEREK DAVIES, EDITOR OF THE FAR EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW.
THE PROGRAMME, +A QUESTION OF PRIORITIES+, WILL BE DUBBED INTO CANTONESE FOR SHOWING ON THE THREE CHINESE CHANNELS.
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