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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1993
FOR THE REMAINING 35, THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE WAS FOR CLASSIFICATION.
INADEQUATE
1985,
UNDER TIE HIV SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME WHICH STARTED IN TOTAL OF 285,767 BLOOD SPECIMENS HAVE BEEN TESTED FOR THE ANTIBODY.
THE HONG KONG RED CROSS BLOOD TRANSFUSION SCREENED ALL BLOOD DONORS FOR HIV INFECTION.
A HIV
SERVICE HAVE ALSO
UP TO SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR, 1,311,012 UNITS OF BLOOD HAVE BEEN TESTED AND 29 DONORS WERE FOUND POSITIVE.
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EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES
AND PAYROLL STATISTICS FOR JUNE RELEASED
THERE WAS CONTINUED GROWTH IN EMPLOYMENT IN THE WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR AND THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR, COMPARING JUNE 1993 WITH JUNE 1992, ACCORDING TO THE FIGURES RELEASED TODAY (THURSDAY} BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
BUT EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR AND ON CONSTRUCTION SITES DECLINED FURTHER.
THE FALL IN MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT MAINLY REFLECTED THE CONTINUING STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN THE ECONOMY, IN CONNECTION WITH THE RELOCATION OF INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES TO CHINA.
VACANCIES IN SOME MAJOR SERVICES SECTORS RECORDED INCREASES OF VARIOUS MAGNITUDES IN JUNE 1993 OVER A YEAR EARLIER. ON THE OTHER HAND, VACANCIES IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR AND ON CONSTRUCTION SITES FELL FURTHER.
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EARNINGS OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN ALL MAJOR SECTORS CONTINUED SHOW FURTHER INCREASES IN MONEY TERMS IN JUNE 1993. AFTER ADJUSTING FOR INFLATION, THERE WAS STILL AN INCREASE IN REAL TERMS OF BARNINGS OF PERSONS ENGAGED FOR MOST SECTORS.
THERE WERE 522,000 PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE MANUFACTURING IN JUNE 1993, REPRESENTING A DECREASE OF 11.1% FROM JUNE 1992.
SECTOR
EMPLOYMENT IN THE WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR, AT 932,700 IN JUNE 1993, WAS 3.2% HIGHER THAN IN JUNE 1992.
EMPLOYMENT IN THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR, AT 327,200, WAS UP BY 7.2%.
EMPLOYMENT ON CONSTRUCTION SITES, AT 56,900,
THAN IN JUNE 1992.
WAS 11.1% LOWER
/THE EMPLOYMENT