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FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1994
VACANCIES IN SOME MAJOR SERVICES SECTORS RECORDED INCREASES OF VARIOUS MAGNITUDES IN SEPTEMBER 1993 OVER A YEAR EARLIER. ON THE OTHER HAND, VACANCIES IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR FELL FURTHER.
COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1992, THE AVERAGE EARNINGS OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN ALL MAJOR SECTORS CONTINUED TO SHOW FURTHER INCREASES IN MONEY TERMS IN SEPTEMBER, 1993. AFTER ADJUSTING FOR INFLATION, THERE WAS STILL AN INCREASE IN REAL TERMS IN THE AVERAGE EARNINGS OF PERSONS ENGAGED FOR MOST SECTORS.
ACCORDING TO THE FIGURES RELEASED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE DEPARTMENT, THERE WERE 508,100 PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN SEPTEMBER 1993, REPRESENTING A DECREASE OF 11.0% FROM SEPTEMBER 1992.
TRADES,
5.6%
EMPLOYMENT IN THE WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND IMPORT/EXPORT RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR, AT 958,000 IN SEPTEMBER 1993, WAS HIGHER THAN IN SEPTEMBER 1992.
EMPLOYMENT IN
THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR, AT 336,000, WAS UP BY 9.3% OVER A YEAR EARLIER.
ON THE OTHER HAND, EMPLOYMENT ON CONSTRUCTION SITES (MANUAL WORKERS ONLY), AT 52,200, WAS 17.7% LOWER THAN IN SEPTEMBER 1992.
THE EMPLOYMENT FIGURES FOR SEPTEMBER 1993 IN SELECTED MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS, WITH COMPARISON WITH THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR SEPTEMBER 1992 AND JUNE 1993, ARE:
SELECTED MAJOR
SECTOR OF
THE
ECONOMY
PERSONS ENGAGED
(EMPLOYMENT)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
SEPT 92
JUN 93
SEPT 93
SEPT 93
OVER SEPT 92
SEPT 93
OVER JUN 93
MANUFACTURING
571 200 522 000
508 100
-11.0
-2.7
CONSTRUCTION
63 400
56 900
52 200
-17.7
-8.2
(MANUAL
WORKERS
ON CONSTRUCTION
SITES ONLY)
WHOLESALE,
906 900
932 700
958 000
+ 5.6
+2.7
RETAIL AND
TRADES,
IMPORT/EXPORT
RESTAURANTS
AND HOTELS
FINANCING,
INSURANCE,
REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES
307 500
327 200 336 000
+ 9.3
+2.7
/THE SPOKESMAN