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Saturday, November 10, 1973

NUMBER OF H.K, INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS

The number of Industrial Undertakings in Hong Kong stood at

21,610 at the end of September, according to a survey just completed by

the Census and Statistics Department.

The survey shows an increase of 656 factories over the number

at the same time last year, but is 498 lower than the figure for the June

quarter this year.

Employment in industry stood at 619,237 - an increase of 2,513.

over the September quarter last year and a drop of 5,850 on the June quarter.

Industrialists reported a total of 9,269 job vacancies - equivalent

to 1.5 per cent of employment in industry. The main vacancies were in

electronics (2,443), the garment industry (2,432), the plastics industry

(711) and the metal products industry (535).

There was increased employment in a number of industries, including

cotton spinning and weaving

electronics industry

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where employment went up by 2,020

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up by 1,444,

There were drops in the workforce of the woollen knitting industry

(3,493), the plastics industry (3,646) and the wig-making industry (2,461).

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