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Thursday, November 30, 1972

SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT AND VACANCIES IN NON-INDUSTRIAL SECTOR

The Labour Department is now conducting a survey of employment and

vacancies in certain trades in the private non-industrial sector.

These include import and export businesses, hotels and restaurants,

banks and money changers, insurance, air and ocean transport and related services, education services, medical and health services, and theatres and

cinemas.

Earlier this month, printed employment return cards were sent to

managements of all known establishments in these trades and services requesting

them to provide the information sought as on November 30, 1972.

A department spokesman said completed cards should be returned to the

Labour Department on or before December 4, 1972.

He said it is hoped that all recipients would fill in the cards fully

and accurately and return them promptly in the reply-paid envelopes provided.

During the last survey, he said, the extent of cooperation from

managements was most encouraging.

The information provided on the cards will be kept strictly confidential

and will only be used for the preparation of statistical tables from which

individual establishments cannot be identified, he said.

The cards will be destroyed under supervision when all the relevant

information is extracted and summarized, he added.

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