TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1994
LEVELS IS LEVEL THE MANPOWER
"WHILE THE
EDUCATIONAL MANPOWER SUPPLY AT HIGHER INCREASING, THE NUMBER OF WORKERS WITH LOWER SECONDARY OR BELOW OF EDUCATION IS EXPECTED TO DROP FROM 53.3 PER CENT OF SUPPLY RECORDED IN 1991 TO 45.4 PER CENT IN 2001, EDUCATION AND MANPOWER BRANCH SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE
ON REQUIREMENT PROJECTION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID DEMAND FOR BETTER EDUCATED WORKERS WOULD ALSO GROW RAPIDLY.
PROJECTED IS NOW
"IN THE 1992 EXERCISE, MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT WAS
DECLINE BY TO DROP
TWO PER CENT PER ANNUM BUT THE RATE OF REVISED TO 4.5 PER CENT PER ANNUM BETWEEN 1991 AND 2001, OR BY A TOTAL OF 250,200 WORKERS, HE SAID.
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IN
"DURING THE SAME PERIOD, TOTAL EMPLOYMENT
SERVICES INDUSTRIES WILL INCREASE BY THREE PER CENT A YEAR, COMPARED WITH 2.1 HE SAID, ADDING THAT THIS WOULD PER CENT IN THE PREVIOUS PROJECTION, GIVE AN EMPLOYMENT GROWTH OF SOME 627,900 WORKERS IN THESE INDUSTRIES.
ALSO
GENERAL
UPGRADING
THE REPORT
OF PROJECTED A STRUCTURE OCCUPATIONAL
SHIFTING INDUSTRIES, WITHIN INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYMENT DEMAND IN FAVOUR OF HIGH-SKILLED WORKERS.
RELOCATION OF
THE
THE
MORE
FOR THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, THE LABOUR-INTENSIVE PROCESSES ACROSS THE BORDER AND THE NEED TO GO FOR HIGHER VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTION LOCALLY HAVE RESULTED IN AN UPGRADING OF THE OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE.
SIMILARLY, TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS WITHIN THE SERVICES INDUSTRIES WILL LEAD TO A REDUCTION IN THE REQUIREMENT FOR LOW-SKILLED WORKERS.
AS A
RESULT, EMPLOYMENT OF
PROFESSIONAL,
MANAGERIAL WORKERS IS PROJECTED TO GROW RAPIDLY WHILE PRODUCTION AND RELATED WORKERS WILL DECLINE.
AND TECHNICAL
EMPLOYMENT OF
IN "THIS MEANS THAT SOME 239,380 MORE WORKERS WILL BE EMPLOYED
1991 AND PROFESSIONAL, TECHNICAL AND MANAGERIAL OCCUPATIONS BETWEEN 2001, WITH AN ANNUAL GROWTH RATE OF ABOUT 3.2 PER CENT," THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT.
OF
OCCUPATIONS "ON THE OTHER HAND, PRODUCTION WORKERS AND RELATED ARE PROJECTED TO LOSE ALMOST 162,770 WORKERS, OR AT AN ANNUAL RATE TWO PER CENT, HE ADDED.
COMPARING THE PROJECTED MANPOWER SUPPLY AND REQUIREMENTS, SPOKESMAN SAID SUPPLY OF MANPOWER WITH LOWER SECONDARY OR EDUCATION WOULD EXCEED REQUIREMENTS BY 49,800 PERSONS IN 2001.
THE
BELOW
TO ON THE OTHER HAND, NEGATIVE MANPOWER BALANCES ARE EXPECTED
SUPPLY AT UPPER EXIST AT TWO EDUCATIONAL LEVELS IN 2001: MANPOWER SECONDARY AND SIXTH FORM LEVELS WILL FALL SHORT OF THE REQUIREMENTS BY 45,700 AND 48,400 PERSONS RESPECTIVELY.
"THIS DOES
WITH EXCESS WORKERS NOT MEAN THAT THERE WILL BE
SOME OF SECONDARY OR BELOW EDUCATION, BUT RATHER IMPLIES THAT WORKERS WILL BE WORKING IN JOBS WHICH REQUIRE EDUCATIONAL
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED. QUALIFICATIONS HIGHER THAN WHAT THEY POSSESS,
LOWER THESE
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