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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1985
EMPLOYMENT IN THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR, AT 177 700, WAS UP BY 6.2 PER CENT.
BUT EMPLOYMENT ON BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES DROPPED BY 4.2 PER CENT COMPARED WITH JUNE 1984, MAINLY DUE TO THE COMPLETION OF THE MAJOR PART OF THE MTR ISLAND LINE.
A DEPARTMENTAL SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE STATISTICS FOR MAJOR SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY IN JUNE 1985 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 FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR.
THERE IS A SEPARATE EMPLOYMENT SURVEY COVERING BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES,
THE OVERALL EMPLOYMENT FIGURES FOR JUNE 1985 BY MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS, TOGETHER WITH A COMPARISON WITH THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR JUNE 1984 AND MARCH 1985, ARE AS FOLLOWS:
PERSONS ENGAGED (EMPLOYMENT) IN
PERCENTAGE CHANGEX
SELECTED MAJOR
SECTORS OF THE
ECONOMY
JUNE 84
MAR. 85 JUNE 85
JUNE 85 ON
JUNE 84
JUNE 85 ON
MAR. 85
MANUFACTURING
922 400
BUILDING AND
67 000
867 900 874 200
67 700 64 300
5.2
+ 0.7
- 4.2
*
5.1
CONSTRUCTION
(MANUAL WORKERS ON
SITES ONLY)
WHOLESALE AND
RETAIL,
IMPORT AND EXPORT
548 600 573 400 588 700
+ 7.3
+ 2.7
TRADES, AND RESTAURANTS
AND HOTELS
FINANCING,
INSURANCE
167 300
171 600
177 700
+ 6.2
+ 3.5
REAL ESTATE
AND BUSINESS
SERVICES
* BASED ON UNROUNDED EMPLOYMENT FIGURES.
/COMPARING JUNE