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TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1988
THESE SECTORS COVER 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.
SURVEY THERE IS A SEPARATE EMPLOYMENT CONSTRUCTION SITES.
COVERING BUILDING AND
THE OVERALL EMPLOYMENT FIGURES FOR DECEMBER 1987 IN THESE CORRESPONDING SELECTED MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS, BY COMPARISON WITH THE FIGURES FOR DECEMBER 1986 AND SEPTEMBER 1987, ARE AS FOLLOWS:
PERSONS ENGAGED (EMPLOYMENT) IN
PERCENTAGE CHANGE*
SELECTED MAJOR
SECTORS OF THE
ECONOMY
DEC. 86
SEPT. 87 DEC. 87
DEC. 87
ON DEC. 86
DEC. 87
ON SEPT. 87
MANUFACTURING
865,600 875,300 867,900
+0.3
-0.8
BUILDING AND
70,800 71,300
72,500
+2.4
+1.6
CONSTRUCTION
(MANUAL WORKERS ON SITES ONLY)
WHOLESALE AND
620,100 647,600
657,900
+6.1
+1.6
RETAIL, IMPORT
AND EXPORT TRADES
AND RESTAURANTS
AND HOTELS
FINANCING,
INSURANCE,
194,300 209,900
212, 200
+9.3
+1.1
REAL ESTATE
AND BUSINESS SERVICES
AND
BEARING
IN
* BASED ON UNROUNDED EMPLOYMENT FIGURES.
COMPARING DECEMBER 1987 WITH SEPTEMBER 1987, THAT THIS COMPARISON IS INFLUENCED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR DECREASED BY 0.8 PER CENT.
MIND
THE WHOLESALE AND ON THE OTHER HAND, EMPLOYMENT IN
RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR AND THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR INCREASED BY 1.6 PER CENT AND 1.1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, EMPLOYMENT ON BUILDING AND SITES INCREASED BY 1.6 PER CENT.
CONSTRUCTION
/THE SURVEY