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Saturday, February 23, 1974
DECEMBER EMPLOYMENT FIGURES
The total work force last December in industrial undertakings
registered with or recorded by the Labour Department was 627,230, according
to a survey by the Census and Statistics Department.
This represented an increase of 7,993 as compared with September
1973, and 2,143 compared with June last year.
The total number of such undertakings surveyed was 22,533, which
was 923 more than in September 1973.
The survey indicated an increase in employment in a number of
industries, including garments (+2,112), bleaching and dyeing (+1,202),
cotton opinning and weaving (+911), metal products (+832) and glove making
(+824).
On the other hand, there were drops in the work force of the
plastics industry (~2,545), knitting industry (-1,346) and wigs industry
(~744).
The survey also recorded a total of 7,203 vacancies. The main
vacancies were: garments 2,318, electronice 1,747,metal products 374 and
plastics 391.
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