PERSONS ENGAGED
(EMPLOYMENT) IN @
MONDAY, JULY 15, 1991
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
SELECTED MAJOR SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY
MAR 91 OVER MAR 91 OVER
MAR 90
DEC 90
MAR 91
MAR 90
DEC 90
MANUFACTURING
764,700 715,600 696,800
-8.9
-2.6
CONSTRUCTION
74,200
69,100
66,700
-10.0
-3.5
(MANUAL WORKERS
ON CONSTRUCTION
SITES ONLY)
WHOLESALE AND ** RETAIL, IMPORT
773,300
829,400 852,700
+10.3
+2.8
AND EXPORT TRADES
AND RESTAURANTS
AND HOTELS
FINANCING, INSURANCE,
REAL ESTATE
AND BUSINESS
SERVICES
263,300 276,600
276,700
+5.1
FIGURES ARE ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST HUNDRED. BASED ON UNROUNDED EMPLOYMENT FIGURES. LESS THAN 0.05 PER CENT INCREASE
** EXCLUDING HAWKERS, STREET VENDORS, RETAIL PITCHES (OTHER
THAN MARKET STALLS)
COMPARING MARCH
1991 WITH DECEMBER 1990,
EMPLOYMENT
IN
THE
MANUFACTURING
SECTOR AND ON CONSTRUCTION SITES DECREASED BY CENT AND 3.5 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
2.6
PER
AN
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, EMPLOYMENT IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR SHOWED
OF 2.8 INCREASE
PER CENT, WHILE EMPLOYMENT IN THE FINANCING,
REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES INSURANCE, UNCHANGED FROM A YEAR EARLIER.
SECTOR WAS VIRTUALLY
A DEPARTMENTAL SPOKESMAN SAID THE STATISTICS FOR SELECTED MAJOR SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY IN MARCH 1991 WERE DERIVED FROM THE QUARTERLY SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND
THE PAYROLL AND
QUARTERLY EMPLOYMENT SURVEY OF CONSTRUCTION SITES CONDUCTED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
CONSTRUCTION THESE SECTORS COVER THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR; THE
THE WHOLESALE SITES:
AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES AND AND RESTAURANTS
FINANCING, INSURANCE, HOTELS SECTOR; AND THE ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR.
REAL
OF
OF
BEEN
BEGINNING FROM THE FIRST QUARTER 1991, THE QUARTERLY SURVEY EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL ADOPTED THE HONG KONG STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION (HSIC) CODES FOR THE CLASSIFICATION ECONOMIC SECTORS. FIGURES FOR MARCH AND DECEMBER 1990 HAVE ALSO REVISED TO CONFORM TO THE HSIC CODES FOR COMPARISON PURPOSE.
/THUS, THE