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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1977
EMPLOYMENT IN DISTRIBUTIVE TRADES FOR JUNE UP
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THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE EMPLOYED IN DISTRIBUTIVE TRADES IN JUNE HAS INCREASED BY 4.8 PER CENT TO 266,810 COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR. COMPARED WITH THE NUMBER ENGAGED IN MARCH THIS YEAR, THE FIGURES SHOW AN INCREASE OF 2.3 PER CENT.
THESE WERE THE FINDINGS OF A RECENT FULL-SCALE EMPLOYMENT SURVEY OF WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADES, IMPORT-EXPORT BUSINESS AND HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
ACCORDING TO THE JUNE 1977 SURVEY FIGURES RELEASED TODAY BY THE DEPARTMENT, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ENGAGED IN WHOLESALE TRADE WAS 37,650, 95,380 IN IMPORT-EXPORT, AND 133,780 IN RETAIL TRADE.
IT ALSO SHOWED 97,890 PEOPLE WORKING IN RESTAURANTS, CAFES AND BARS, AN INCREASE OF 4,430 OR 4.7 PER CENT OVER MARCH 1977- AND 17,020 PEOPLE WORKING IN HOTELS AND BOARDING HOUSES, AN INCREASE OF 210 OR 1.2 PER CENT.
COMPARED WITH JUNE 1976, THE EMPLOYMENT IN RESTAURANTS, CAFES AND BARS ROSE SIGNIFICANTLY BY 11,080 OR 12.8 PER CENT, AND IN HOTELS AND BOARDING HOUSES BY 530 OR 3.2 PER CENT.
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