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"OF COURSE, WHATEVER STAGE A COMPANY ACHIEVES IN THE PURSUIT OF QUALITY, THERE WILL ALWAYS BE ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.
"SOME IMPROVEMENTS MAY BE INCREMENTAL AND MODEST; OTHERS MAY NEED A MORE RADICAL APPRAISAL OF A COMPANY'S CORPORATE PHILOSOPHY AND OPERATIONS.
"BUT THREE ELEMENTS MUST ALWAYS BE PRESENT: A CLEAR AND STRONG QUALITY POLICY; A COMMITTED AND PARTICIPATIVE MANAGEMENT; AND A A WELL PLANNED AND EXECUTED QUALITY SYSTEM," HE SAID.
JUNE 1990 EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL STATISTICS RELEASED
* *
COMPARED
IN JUNE 1990, EMPLOYMENT IN THE SERVICES SECTOR INCREASED WITH JUNE 1989, WHILE EMPLOYMENT IN MANUFACTURING SECTOR
ACCORDING DECREASED,
TO FIGURES RELEASED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THUS THE SHIFT IN EMPLOYMENT FROM MANUFACTURING ΤΟ SERVICES
CONTINUED.
THERE WERE 755,000 PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR JUNE 1990, REPRESENTING A DECREASE OF 8.4 PER CENT IN COMPARISON WITH JUNE 1989.
IN
EMPLOYMENT IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR, AT 804,400 IN JUNE 1990, WAS 7.8 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN JUNE 1989.
EMPLOYMENT IN THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR, AT 269,300, WAS UP BY 6.3 PER CENT.
EMPLOYMENT AT CONSTRUCTION SITES DECREASED BY COMPARED WITH JUNE 1989.
PER 2.2
CENT
THE OVERALL EMPLOYMENT FIGURES FOR JUNE 1990 IN THESE SELECTED MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS, WITH COMPARISON WITH THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR JUNE 1989 AND MARCH 1990, ARE AS FOLLOWS :-
PERSONS ENGAGED (EMPLOYMENT) IN*
PERCENTAGE CHANGE**
SELECTED MAJOR
SECTORS OF THE
ECONOMY
JUN. 89
MAR. 90
JUN. 90
JUN. 90 ON
JUN. 89
MANUFACTURING
CONSTRUCTION (MANUAL WORKERS
AT CONSTRUCTION SITES ONLY)
JUN. 90 ON
MAR. 90
824 300
764 700
755 000
-8.4
-1.3
72 000
74 200
70 400
-2.2
-5.0
/WHOLESALE AND