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MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1978
THE MORE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN EMPLOYMENT AT THE INDUSTRY SECTOR LEVEL BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 1978 AND JUNE 1978 WERE AS FOLLOWS -
PERSONS
PERSONS PERSONS
ENGAGED IN ENGAGED IN ENGAGED IN
INDUSTRY SECTOR SEPT. 1977 JUNE 1978 SEPT. 1978
CHANGE OF SEPT.
1978
OVER JUNE 1978
PERSONS ENGAGED CHANGE
WATCHES AND CLOCKS 14.401
18,110
20,152
+2,042
+11.3
GARMENTS EXCEPT
KNITWEAR FROM
YARN
194,449
203,804
205,695
+1,891
+0.9
PLASTIC PRODUCTS
OTHER THAN
PLASTIC TOYS
AND PLASTIC
FLOWERS
30,118
33,014
33,850
+836 +2.5
ELECTRONIC
PRODUCTS
72,210
77,938
71,887
-6,051 -7.8
PLASTIC TOYS
43,992
50,554
45,202
-5,352 -10.6
WOOLLEN KNITTING
INCLUDING
KNITWEAR FROM
YARN
40,525
41,102
39,293
-1,809
-44-4
COTTON SPINNING
18,656
18,337
16,965
-1,372
-7.5
MISCELLANEOUS
FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS
29,797
30,959
29,857
-1,102
-3.6
THERE WERE 92,549 PEOPLE ENGAGED IN FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES AS AT AUGUST 15, 1978. OF THESE, 32,638 WERE ENGAGED IN MONETARY INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING BANKS, 14,041 IN REAL ESTATE COMPANIES AND 11,704 IN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS OTHER THAN BANKS.
THE FIGURE REPRESENTED AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 5,800 PEOPLE OR 6.7 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH MAY 1978 AND ABOUT 12,400 PEOPLE OR 15.4 PER CENT COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1977.
THE MAIN.....