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ARTICLES OF APPAREL
AND CLOTHING
ACCESSORIES
3,882
+ 30
1,700
+ 23
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,
APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES,
AND ELECTRICAL PARTS
THEREOF
3,373
+ 85
1,663
+ 83
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED
ARTICLES (MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS)
3,071
+74
1,416
+ 79
TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND
SOUND RECORDING AND
REPRODUCING APPARATUS
AND EQUIPMENT
2,112
+ 70
1,009
+ 78
TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS,
AND SIMILAR
CONTAINERS
1,344
+88
584
+103
DECEMBER EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL STATISTICS RELEASED
THERE WERE 867,900 PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN DECEMBER 1987, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 0.3 PER CENT IN COMPARISON WITH DECEMBER 1986, ACCORDING ΤΟ FIGURES RELEASED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
EMPLOYMENT IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR, AT 657,900 IN DECEMBER 1987, WAS 6.1 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN DECEMBER 1986.
EMPLOYMENT IN THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR, AT 212,200, WAS UP BY 9.3 PER CENT.
EMPLOYMENT ON BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES INCREASED BY 2.4
PER CENT COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1986.
A DEPARTMENTAL SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE STATISTICS FOR SELECTED MAJOR SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY IN DECEMBER 1987 WERE DERIVED FROM THE SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL CONDUCTED EVERY QUARTER BY THE DEPARTMENT.
/THESE SECTORS