0
1
MONDAY, JULY 15, 1991
THUS, THE FIGURES CONTAINED IN THIS PRESS RELEASE MAY NOT BR FULLY COMPARABLE WITH THOSE IN THE PREVIOUS REPORTS DUE TO THE CHANGE IN CLASSIFICATION.
THE QUARTERLY SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL AND THE QUARTERLY EMPLOYMENT SURVEY OF CONSTRUCTION SITES ALSO PROVIDE VACANCY STATISTICS FOR THE SELECTED MAJOR SECTORS. THE VACANCY DATA TOGETHER WITH A COMPARISON WITH THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR MARCH 1990 AND DECEMBER 1990 ARE AS FOLLOWS:
NUMBER OF REPORTED
VACANCIES IN
SELECTED MAJOR
SECTORS OF THE
ECONOMY
MAR 90
DEC 90
MAR 91
PERCENTAGE CHANGE #
MAR 91 OVER MAR 91 OVER
DEC 90
MAR 90
MANUFACTURING
38,270
28,970
31,760
-17.0
+ 9.6
CONSTRUCTION
3,050
1,330
1,150
-62.
.3
-13.9
(MANUAL WORKERS
ON CONSTRUCTION
SITES ONLY)
WHOLESALE AND **
34,900
27,660
33,240
-4.8
+20.2
RETAIL, IMPORT
AND EXPORT TRADES
AND RESTAURANTS
AND HOTELS
FINANCING,
10,940
8,870
9,150
- 16 .3
+ 3.1
INSURANCE,
REAL ESTATE
AND BUSINESS
SERVICES
#
FIGURES ARE ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST TEN. BASED ON UNROUNDED VACANCY FIGURES. EXCLUDING HAWKERS, STREET VENDORS AND RETAIL PITCHES (OTHER THAN MARKET STALLS)
COMPARED WITH MARCH 1990, THE VACANCY SITUATION IMPROVED IN ALL MAJOR SECTORS, SUGGESTING THAT THE LABOUR MARKET SITUATION HAD BECOME LESS TIGHT IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1991. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR DECREASED BY 14.2 PER CENT IN MARCH 1991 OVER MARCH 1990.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES ON CONSTRUCTION SITES FELL SIGNIFICANTLY BY 62.3 PER CENT, WHILE THOSE IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR, AND THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR FELL BY 17.0 PER CENT, 16.3 PER CENT AND 4.8 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
/COMPARED WITH