SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 1980
SLIGHT INCREASE IN TRADE EMPLOYMENT
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THERE WAS A SLIGHT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE EMPLOYED IN THE WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS, AS REVEALED BY AN EMPLOYMENT SURVEY FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF LAST YEAR.
RESULTS OF THE SURVEY WERE ANNOUNCED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY.
IN DECEMBER 1979, A TOTAL OF 289 207 PERSONS WERE ENGAGED IN THE WHOLESALE, RETAIL ́AND IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES, AN INCREASE OF 957 OR 0.3 PER CENT OVER SEPTEMBER 1979. WHEN COMPARED WITH 287 037 PERSONS ENGAGED IN DECEMBER 1978, THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF 2 170 PERSONS OR 0.8 PER CENT.
EMPLOYMENT IN RESTAURANTS, CAFES AND BARS REACHED 110 536 PERSONS, BEING 0.3 PER CENT ABOVE THE SEPTEMBER 1979 FIGURE AND 4.8 PER CENT ABOVE DECEMBER 1978,
AT THE SAME TIME, 18 906 PERSONS WERE ENGAGED IN HOTELS AND BOARDING HOUSES. THIS REPRESENTS A DECREASE OF 0.5 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1979 AND AN INCREASE OF 0.1 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD OF 1978.
DETAILS OF EMPLOYMENT IN WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS IN DECEMBER 1979, SEPTEMBER 1979 AND DECEMBER 1978 ARE AS FOLLOWS:
PERSONS
PERSONS
PERSONS
CHANGE OF DECEMBER 1979 OVER SEPTEMBER
1979
ENGAGED IN ENGAGED IN ENGAGED IN DECEMBER SEPTEMBER DECEMBER
NATURE OF BUSINESS
1978
1979
1979
PERSONS % ENGAGED
CHANGE
WHOLESALE TRADE
42 831
44 862
44 401
461
-1.0
RETAIL TRADE
145 511
139 617
140 215
598
+0.4
IMPORT/EXPORT
BUSINESS
98 695
103 771
104 591
820
+0.8
RESTAURANTS, CAFES
AND BARS
105 470
110 169
110 536
367
+0.3
HOTELS AND BOARDING
HOUSES
18 878
TOTAL
411 385
19 006
417 425
18 906
418 649
100
-0.5
+1 224
+0.3
DETAILED EMPLOYMENT FIGURES FOR VARIOUS TRADES AND ACTIVITIES ARE OBTAINABLE ON REQUEST FROM THE EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
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