MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 1987
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RELATIVE TO SEPTEMBER 1985, THE NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES FOR 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 INCREASED BY 59.5 PER CENT, 50.1 PER CENT AND 13.6 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
COMPARED WITH JUNE 1986, THE NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES INCREASED BY 40.5 PER CENT, 20.6 PER CENT AND 14.8 PER CENT FOR 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, RESPECTIVELY.
ALSO AVAILABLE FROM THE SURVEY ARE STATISTICS ON MONTHLY PAYROLL OUTLAYS IN 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. QUARTERLY TOTALS
QUARTERLY TOTALS FOR EACH OF THESE SECTORS ARE SHOWN IN THE FOLLOWING TABLE:
TOTAL QUARTERLY PAYROLL IN
X CHANGEX
SELECTED MAJOR SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY
3RD QTR. 1985
3RD QTR. 1986
3RD QTR. 1986
ON
3RD QTR. 1985
HK$ MN
HK$ MN
MANUFACTURING
7 091
8 080
+14.0
WHOLESALE AND
5 184
5 913
+14.1
RETAIL, IMPORT
AND EXPORT
TRADES AND
RESTAURANTS
AND HOTELS
FINANCING,
INSURANCE.
REAL ESTATE
2 547
3 026
+18.8
AND BUSINESS
SERVICES
* BASED ON UNROUNDED PAYROLL FIGURES.
COMPARED WITH THE SAME QUARTER A YEAR AGO, PAYROLL OUTLAYS IN THE ABOVE THREE SECTORS INCREASED BY 14.0 PER CENT. 14.1 PER CENT AND 18.8 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1986.
/AFTER ADJUSTMENT