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THE MORE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN EMPLOYMENT AT THE INDUSTRY SECTOR LEVEL BETWEEN DECEMBER 1978- AND SEPTEMBER 1978 WERE AS FOLLOWS :-
INDUSTRY SECTOR
PERSONS
PERSONS
PERSONS
ENGAGED IN ENGAGED IN ENGAGED IN DEC. 1977 SEPT. 1978 DEC. 1978
CHANGE OF DEC. 1978 OVER SEPT. 1978
%
PERSONS ENGAGED CHANGE
GARMENTS EXCEPT
KNITWEAR FROM
YARN
198,519
205,695 208,328
+ 2,633
+ 1.3
ELECTRONIC
PRODUCTS
70,188
71,887
73,736
+ 1,849
+ 2.6
MISCELLANEOUS
FABRICATED
METAL PRODUCTS 29,679
29,857
31,009
+ 1,152
+ 3.9
HAND BAGS
12,215
13,686
14,717
+ 1,031
+ 7.5
COTTON WEAVING
25,167
24,596
25,566
970
+ 3.9
WOOLLEN KNITTING
INCLUDING
KNITWEAR
FROM YARN
37,312
39,293
36,093
3,200
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PLASTIC PRODUCTS
OTHER THAN
PLASTIC TOYS
AND PLASTIC
FLOWERS
29,215
33,850 32,924
926 - 2.7
DETAILED EMPLOYMENT FIGURES FOR VARIOUS INDUSTRY GROUPS AND SECTORS ARE OBTAINABLE FROM THE EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.