FRIDAY, JANUARY 11,
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SEPTEMBER JOB, PAYROLL FIGURES RELEASED *****
THERE WERE 904 700 PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR, AN INCREASE OF 4.6 PER CENT OVER SEPTEMBER 1983, ACCORDING TO FIGURES RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
IN SEPTEMBER 1984, EMPLOYMENT IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR, AT 555 800, WAS 5.5 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN SEPTEMBER 1983.
EMPLOYMENT IN THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR, AT 167 700, WAS UP BY 3.1 PER CENT.
BUT EMPLOYMENT ON BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES DROPPED BY 4.8 PER CENT RELATIVE TO THE SEPTEMBER 1983 LEVEL.
A DEPARTMENTAL SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE STATISTICS FOR MAJOR SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY IN SEPTEMBER 1984 WERE DERIVED FROM THE SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL CONDUCTED EVERY QUARTER BY THE DEPARTMENT, COVERING THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR. THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR, AND THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR. THERE IS A SEPARATE EMPLOYMENT SURVEY COVERING BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES.
THE OVERALL FIGURES BY MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS, TOGETHER WITH A COMPARISON WITH THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR SEPTEMBER 1983 AND JUNE 1984, ARE AS FOLLOWS:
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PERSONS ENGAGED (EMPLOYMENT) IN
SELECTED MAJOR
SECTORS OF THE
ECONOMY
SEPT 83
JUN 84 SEPT 84
PERCENTAGE
CHANGE*
SEPT 84 S: 34
ON SEPT 83
JUN 84
MANUFACTURING
865 100
922 400
904 700
+4.6
-i.
→
BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION (MANUAL WORKERS ON SITES ONLY)
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS
71 200
67 000
67 700
-4.8
+1
527 000 548 600
555 800
+5.5
+1. J
/FINANCE, INSURANCE,