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MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1991
THE
OF PROPORTION OF
COMPARING THE 1981 AND 1991 POPULATION PYRAMIDS, THE BASK THE
PYRAMID SHRUNK OWING TO A REDUCTION IN CHILDREN UNDER AGE 15.
1991
HOWEVER, THE INCREASE IN EXPLAINED.
THE
APEX OF THE PYRAMID GREW BIGGER PROPORTION OF THE ELDERLY AGED
BECAUSE 65 AND
OF
AN
OVER,
HE
MR MOK ALSO SAID THE LABOUR FORCE INCREASED FROM 2.5 MILLION IN 1981 TO 2. 8 MILLION THIS YEAR DESPITE A DROP IN THE OVERALL LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE FROM 67 PER CENT IN 1981 TO 64 PER CENT YEAR.
THIS
HAD
"AS A RESULT OF AGING OF THE POPULATION, THE LABOUR FORCE BECOME OLDER, WITH ITS MEDIAN AGE INCREASING FROM 32 YEARS TO 34 YEARS IN THE PERIOD," HE SAID.
ABOUT ONE
MANAGERS, QUARTER OF THE WORKING POPULATION WERE ADMINISTRATORS, PROFESSIONALS
WHEREAS AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSIONALS, WORKERS TN ELEMENTARY OCCUPATIONS SUCH AS
MESSENGERS, CLEANERS,
WATCHMEN AND
HANDLERS MADE UP ONE-FIPTH OF THE WORKING
POPULATION.
FREIGHT
MEANWHILE,
THE INDUSTRIAL
DISTRIBUTION OF
THE WORKING NUMBER
POPULATION HAD ALSO CHANGED WITH A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN THE OF WORKERS IN THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES.
ON THE OTHER HAND, THE WHOLESALE, RETAIL, IMPORT TRADES,
HAD RESTAURANTS, HOTELS AND SERVICES INDUSTRIES INCREASES IN THEIR NUMBER OF WORKERS.
AND EXPORT SUBSTANTIAL
MR MOK ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE INCOME OF WORKERS EMPLOYMENT INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY DURING THE LAST 10 YEARS.
FROM MAIN
THIS YEAR, THE MEDIAN PERSONAL EARNINGS WAS $5,170 PER REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 241 PER CENT OVER THAT IN 1981.
IN
MEASURED PERIOD, THE INFLATION RATE AS INCREASE IN CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A) WAS 116 PER CENT.
THE SAME
MONTH,
BY
THE
.
"THIS SUGGESTS THAT THERE WAS A SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT IN EARNINGS OF WORKERS IN REAL TERMS, HE SAID.
THE
ON EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF THE POPULATION, THE COMMISSIONER SAID THERE WAS A SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT.
HIGHER
HR SAID THE PROPORTION OF POPULATION WITH SECONDARY OR EDUCATION INCREASED FROM 50 PER CENT IN 1981 TO 62 PER CENT THIS YEAR.
PER
FOR TERTIARY EDUCATION THE PROPORTION INCREASED FROM SEVEN CENT TO ELEVEN PER CENT. FOR DEGREE COURSES,
PARTICULAR, IN INCREASE WAS FROM THREE PER CENT TO SIX PER CENT.
THE
THE COMMISSIONER ALSO SAID THE HOUSING CONDITIONS ALSO IMPROVED MARKEDLY DURING THE LAST 10 YEARS.
/OVER THE