THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1991
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JUNE EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL STATISTICS RELEASED
IN JUNE 1991, LABOUR RESOURCES CONTINUED TO SHIFT FROM MANUFACTURING TO SERVICES. THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES IN MOST SECTORS FELL. EARNINGS IN ALL MAJOR SECTORS RECORDED FURTHER INCREASES IN MONEY TERMS OVER A YEAR EARLIER.
THE RATE OF INCREASE IN SEVERAL SECTORS WAS, HOWEVER, SLOWER THAN IN THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, ACCORDING TO THE FIGURES RELEASED TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
NEVERTHELESS, THESE STATISTICS REFER TO THE JUNE POSITION ONLY. THE LATEST UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT FIGURES SHOW THAT THE LABOUR MARKET HAS TIGHTENED UP IN THE MOST RECENT MONTHS.
SECTOR
THERE WERE 681,100 PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE MANUFACTURING IN JUNE 1991, REPRESENTING A DECREASE OF 9.8 PER CENT FROM JUNE 1990.
EMPLOYMENT IN THE WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND IMPORT/EXPORT TRÅDES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR, AT 874,300 IN JUNE 1991, WAS 8.7 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN JUNE 1990.
EMPLOYMENT IN THE
THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATË AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR, AT 283,600, WAS UP BY 5.3 PER CENT.
PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR EMPLOYMENT ON CONSTRUCTION SITES, A† 63,500, WAS 9.8 PER CENT LOWER THAN IN JUNE 1990.
THE EMPLOYMENT FIGURES FOR JUNE 1991 IN THE SELECTED MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS, WITH COMPARISONS WITH THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR JUNE 1990 AND MARCH 1994, ARE AS FOLLOWS:
PERSONS ENGAGED (EMPLOYMENT) IN @
PERCENTAGE CHANGE #
SELECTED MAJOR
SECTORS OF THE
JUN 91 OVER
JUN 91 OVER
ECONOMY
JUN 90 MAR 91 JUN 91
JUN 90
MAR 91
MANUFACTURING
CONSTRUCTION
755,000
696,800 681,100
-9.8
-2.3
70,400 66,700 63,500*
-9.8
-4.8
(MANUAL WORKERS
ON CONSTRUCTION
SITES ONLY)
WHOLESALE,
804,300 852,700 874,300
+8.7
+2.5
RETAIL**
AND IMPORT/EXPORT
TRADES,
RESTAURANTS
AND HOTELS
/FINANCING,