SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1986
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SEPTEMBER JOB, PAYROLL FIGURES RELEASED
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THERE WERE 848 900 PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR, REPRESENTING A DECREASE OF 6.2 PER CENT OVER SEPTEMBER 1984, ACCORDING TO FIGURES RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
IN SEPTEMBER 1985, EMPLOYMENT IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR, AT 589 700, WAS 6.1 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN SEPTEMBER 1984.
EMPLOYMENT IN THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR, AT 179 200, WAS UP BY 6.9 PER CENT.
BUT EMPLOYMENT ON BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES DROPPED BY 4.9 PER CENT COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1984, MAINLY DUE TO THE COMPLETION OF THE MAJOR PART OF THE MTR ISLAND LINE AND A NUMBER OF MAJOR BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
A DEPARTMENTAL SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE STATISTICS FOR MAJOR SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY IN SEPTEMBER 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 BY MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS, TOGETHER WITH A COMPARISON WITH THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR SEPTEMBER 1984 AND JUNE 1985, ARE AS FOLLOWS:
PERSONS ENGAGED (EMPLOYMENT) IN
PERCENTAGE CHANGEX
SELECTED MAJOR
SECTORS OF THE
ECONOMY
SEPT 84
JUNE 85 SEPT 85
SEPT 85 ON SEPT 84
SEPT 85 ON JUNE 85
MANUFACTURING
904 700 874 200 848 900
-6.2
-2.9
BUILDING AND
CONSTRUCTION
(MANUAL WORKERS ON SITES ONLY)
67 700
64 300 64 400
-4.9
+0.3
/WHOLESALE AND