XN000022-1972-03-01 — Page 11

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Wednesday, March 1, 1972

On the other hand, he continued, it should not be forgotten

that the age structure of the population was such that each year a

large number of young persons was coming on to the labour market.

Preliminary results of the 1971 Census indicated that the

economically active population consisted of over one million men and

half a million women, a total of over 1,500,000 of whom 42 per cent

were in manufacturing.

*This is expected to rise to 1,700,000 in 1973," he added,

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