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WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1980
THE MORE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN EMPLOYMENT AT THE INDUSTRY SECTOR LEVEL BETWEEN MARCH 1980 AND DECEMBER 1979 ARE AS FOLLOWS :
CHANGE OF MARCH 1980 OVER DEC. 1979
INDUSTRY
SECTOR
PERSONS ENGAGED IN MAR. 1979
PERSONS ENGAGED IN DEC. 1979
PERSONS ENGAGED IN MAR. 1980
PERSONS
ENGAGED
96 CHANGE
KNITWEAR
FROM
YARN
25 350
25 926
30 016
+4 090
+15.8
ELECTRONIC
PRODUCTS
69 299
90 567
92 478
+1 911
+ 2.1
PLASTIC
PRODUCTS
OTHER THAN
PLASTIC
TOYS AND
PLASTIC
FLOWERS
33 818
35 915
37 147
+1 232
+ 3.4
WATCHES
AND
CLOCKS
23 430
31 931
32 788
857
+ 2.7
IN THE WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES, A TOTAL OF 296 599 PERSONS WERE ENGAGED AS AT MARCH 14, 1980. THIS REPRESENTED AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 7 400 PERSONS OR 2.6 PER CENT COMPARED WITH 289 207 IN DECEMBER 1979. WHEN COMPARED WITH 280 314 PERSONS ENGAGED IN MARCH 1979, THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 16 300 PERSONS OR 5.8 PER CENT.
EMPLOYMENT IN RESTAURANTS, CAFES AND BARS AMOUNTED TO 109 045 PERSONS BEING 1.3 PER CENT BELOW THE DECEMBER 1979 FIGURE AND FOUR PER CENT ABOVE THAT OF MARCH 1979.
AT THE SAME TIME, IT IS SHOWN THAT THERE WERE 18 621 PERSONS ENGAGED IN HOTELS AND BOARDING HOUSES. THIS REPRESENTS A DECREASE OF 1.5 PER CENT AND 0.8 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1979 AND MARCH 1979 RESPECTIVELY.
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