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EMPLOYMENT SURVEY RESULTS ******

A TOTAL OF 250,031 PEOPLE WERE ENGAGED IN 53,094 ESTABLISH- MENTS IN THE IMPORT/EXPORT, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADES IN JUNE A SLIGHT DROP OVER THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, ACCORDING TO A RECENT EMPLOYMENT SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

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THE SURVEY ALSO REVEALED THAT ABOUT 92 PER CENT OF THE ESTABLISHMENTS WERE SMALL UNITS EMPLOYING LESS THAN 10 WORKERS.

OF THE ESTABLISHMENTS COVERED BY THE SURVEY, 32,041 (ENGAGING 120,182 PERSONG) WERE RETAILERS, 11,6 3 (ENCAGING 72,614), IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS. AND THE REMAINING 0,580 WERE EITHER ENGAGED IN WHOLESALE, OR IN A COMBINATION OF IMPORT/EXPORT, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BUSINESSES.

THE GEORGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF THESE FSTAILISHMENTS WAS :- 20,234 (N HONG KONG ISLAND, $3,711 IN KOULOGN, 71,616 IN DEV KOWLOON AND 7,533 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES,

A SPOKESMAN OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT SAID THAT AIMILAR SURVEY CARRIE CUT IN JUNE 1974 INDICATED A TOTAL OF 250,137 PERSO IS ENGAGED IL 52,395 ILWORT/EXPORT, UNCLESALE AND RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS.

+IKOWEVER,+ HE SAID, THE CONTINUOUS UP-DATING PROCESS OF LATE RECISTRATIONS SHOWED THAT A FURTHER 2,453 STALL, 15 XMENTS EMPLOYING 14,320 PERSONG, VELE NOT LENTIFIED M TIME FOR THE 1974 SURVEY.

+ALLOWING FOR THIS, THE REVISED FLOWEST FIGURE FOR JUNE LAST YEAR IS 264,457 14,4:6 NO.E INA NAT TO JUNE 1975,+ NIE SAID.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

COPIES OF A SUMMARY TADIE ON THE RESULTO O ́ THE EI PLOYNGT SURVEY WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE G.1.0. PRESO DO S THI

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