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FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1994
A "BY SHARING EXPERIENCE AND ADOPTING
COMMON APPROACH WHERE
OF BOOST THE EFFECTIVENESS
THEIR THAT IS APPROPRIATE, COUNTRIES CAN DOMESTIC PROGRAMMES.
"WE RECOGNISE THIS IN HONG KONG AND ARE DOING WHAT TEACH, LEARN, SHARE AND CO-OPERATE," THE COMMISSIONER SAID.
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EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL FIGURES FOR DECEMBER 1993
WAS COMPARING DECEMBER 1993 WITH THE SAME MONTH IN 1992, THERE
THE IN IN EMPLOYMENT
WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND GROWTH CONTINUED IMPORT/EXPORT 1RADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR AND THE FINANCING, THE CENSUS AND INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR, STATISTICS DEPARTMENT SAID.
BUT EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR DECLINED FURTHER.
ECONOMY INDUSTRIAL
THIS MAINLY REFLECTED THE CONTINUED ORIENTATION OF THE TOWARDS SERVICES, ALONG WITH THE PROGRESSIVE RELOCATION OF PROCESSES TO CHINA.
SOME SERVICES
MEANWHILE, EMPLOYMENT ON CONSTRUCTION SITES ALSO FELL.
IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR AND VACANCIES IN SECTORS FELL FURTHER COMPARED WITH A YEAR EARLIER. BUT THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR AND ON CONSTRUCTION SITES REGISTERED INCREASES OF VARIOUS MAGNITUDES.
VACANCIES IN
IN
OF PERSONS COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1992, THE AVERAGE EARNINGS ENGAGED IN MOST MAJOR SECTORS CONTINUED TO SHOW FURTHER INCREASES MONEY TERMS IN DECEMBER 1993.
AFTER ADJUSTING FOR INFLATION, THERE WAS STILL AN INCREASE
ENGAGED FOR REAL TERMS IN THE AVERAGE EARNINGS OF PERSONS SECTORS, IN PARTICULAR THE MAJOR SERVICES SECTORS.
IN
SOME
SECTOR
THERE WERE 483,600 PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE MANUFACTURING IN DECEMBER 1993, REPRESENTING A DECREASE OF 14.4% FROM DECEMBER 1992.
EMPLOYMENT IN THE WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND IMPORT/EXPORT RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR, AT 948,900 IN DECEMBER 1993, HIGHER THAN IN DECEMBER 1992.
IN
THE SERVICES SECTOR,
EMPLOYMENT
BUSINESS EARLIER.
ON THE
TRADES, WAS 3.7%
FINANCING,
INSURANCE,
REAL
AT 338,100, WAS UP BY 7.5%
ESTATE OVER A
AND YEAR
SITES (MANUAL
OTHER HAND, EMPLOYMENT ON CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ONLY), AT 55,900. WAS 6.1% LOWER THAN IN DECEMBER 1992.
/THE EMPLOYMENT