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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1979
EMPLOYMENT UP IN DECEMBER 1978
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MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT REGISTERED A MARGINAL INCREASE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF LAST YEAR, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST EMPLOYMENT SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
A TOTAL OF 800,026 PERSONS WERE ENGAGED IN MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS AS AT DECEMBER 4, 1978, AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 9,000 PERSONS OR 1.1 PER CENT COMPARED WITH 791,073 PERSONS ENGAGED IN SEPTEMBER. WHEN COMPARED WITH 755,108 PERSONS ENGAGED IN DECEMBER 1977, THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 45,000 PERSONS OR 5.9 PER CENT.
THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 39,606 MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS IN OPERATION IN DECEMBER 1978, AN INCREASE OF 857 ESTABLISHMENTS COMPARED TO 38,749 ESTABLISHMENTS IN SEPTEMBER, AND AN INCREASE OF 2,038 WHEN COMPARED WITH 37,568 IN DECEMBER 1977.
IN TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT, THE FIVE LARGEST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES REMAINED WEARING APPAREL TEXTILES ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPLIANCES AND SUPPLIES PLASTIC PRODUCTS- AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS.
A COMPARISON OF EMPLOYMENT IN THESE INDUSTRIES BETWEEN DECEMBER AND SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR IS GIVEN BELOW :-
PERSONS PERSONS PERSONS ENGAGED IN ENGAGED IN ENGAGED IN INDUSTRY GROUP DEC. 1977 SEPT. 1978 DEC. 1978
CHANGE OF DEC. 1978 OVER SEPT. 1978
PERSONS ENGAGED
% CHANGE
WEARING APPAREL 251,273
TEXTILES
102,461
263,960 266,447
95,365
+ 2,487
+ 0.9
97,013
+ 1,648
+ 1.7
ELECTRICAL
MACHINERY
APPLIANCES
AND SUPPLIES,
INCLUDING
ELECTRONIC
PRODUCTS
89,525
94,207
96,695
+ 2,488
+ 2.6
PLASTIC PRODUCTS
78,449
85,507
84,415
- 1,092
—
1.3
FABRICATED METAL
PRODUCTS
70.931
74.283
77,758
+ 3,475
+ 4.7
THE MORE