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THESE SECTORS COVER THE
MANUFACTURING SECTOR: THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR; AND THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, RRAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS. EMPLOYMENT SURVEY COVERING
SERVICES SECTOR. THERE IS A SEPARATE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES.
THE OVERALL EMPLOYMENT FIGURES FOR MARCH 1988 IN THESE SELECTED MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS, BY COMPARISON WITH THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR MARCH 1987 AND DECEMBER 1987, ARR AS FOLLOWS:-
PERSONS ENGAGED (EMPLOYMENT) IN
PERCENTAGE CHANGE*
SELECTED MAJOR
MAR.
88
MAR.
88
SECTORS OF THE
ON
ON
ECONOMY
MAR.
87 DEC. 87 MAR. 88
MAR.
87
DEC. 87
864,900 867,900 849,100
-
1.8
-
2.2
MANUFACTURING
BUILDING AND
CONSTRUCTION
(MANUAL WORKERS ON SITES ONLY)
71,800
72,500
74,100
+ 3.
3
+ 2.3
WHOLESALE AND
RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT
TRADES AND
RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS
FINANCING,
INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE
AND BUSINESS SERVICES
620,000 657,900
673,300
+ 8.6
+ 2.3
197,200
212,200
213,900
+ 8.4
+ 0.8
BASED ON UNROUNDED EMPLOYMENT FIGURES.
BEARING IN MIND IN
COMPARING MARCH 1988 WITH DECEMBER 1987, AND THAT THIS COMPARISON IS INFLUENCED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, EMPLOYMENT THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR DECREASED BY 2.2 PER CENT.
ON THE OTHER HAND, EMPLOYMENT IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR AND THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR INCREASED BY 2.3 PER CENT AND 0.8 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
/OVER THE