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SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1976.

EMPLOYMENT IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY UP BY OVER 7 PER CENT

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THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE EMPLOYED IN MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS IN HONG KONG IN THE MIDDLE OF JUNE WAS 748,846, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST EMPLOYMENT SURVEY CARRIED OUT BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THIS REPRESENTED AN INCREASE OF 50,059 OR 7.2 PER CENT COMPARED WITH THE FIGURE OF 698,787 FOR MARCH THIS YEAR.

IN TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT, THE FIVE LARGEST INDUSTRY GROUPS REMAINED WEARING APPAREL (238,958), TEXTILES (112,922), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPLIANCES AND SUPPLIES (66,353), PLASTIC PRODUCTS (63,706) AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (57,322).

AT THE INDUSTRY SECTOR LEVEL, MAIN INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS (+10,553), GARMENTS (+7,534), PLASTIC TOYS (+7,094), MISCELLANEOUS PLASTIC PRODUCTS (+4,949) AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS EXCEPT MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT (+2,894). DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN SPECIAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT (-151), COTTON SPINNING (-133), RUBBER FOOTWEAR (-127), TORCH BULBS

(-112) AND SHIPBUILDING AND REPAIRING (-97).' TORCH BULBS

WHEN COMPARED WITH A TOTAL OF 623,991 PERSONS ENGAGED IN JUNE LAST YEAR, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE EMPLOYED IN JUNE THIS YEAR SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 124,855 PERSONS OR 20 PER CENT.

NEIGHBOURHOOD CAMPAIGN IN WAN CHAI

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A VARIETY SHOW WILL BE STAGED TOMORROW (SUNDAY) AFTERNOON AT SOUTHORN PLAYGROUND TO PROMOTE THE NEIGHBOURHOOD CAMPAIGN' JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE ISLAND JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT IN WANCHA! DISTRICT.

THE CAMPAIGN IS AIMED AT PROMOTING NEIGHBOURHOOD SPIRIT AND MUTUAL AID AMONG RESIDENTS SO AS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIVING.

THE VARIETY SHOW WILL FEATURE LION DANCES, CHINESE MUSIC, FOLK SONGS, CHINESE MARTIAL ARTS AND BAND PERFORMANCES.

MR. BOWEN LEUNG, CITY DISTRICT OFFICER (WAN CHAI)- MR. TANG KWOK-WAI, CHAIRMAN OF THE CO-ORDINATION COMMITTEE AND MR. LAM WAI- KWONG, CHAIRMAN OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SECTION OF ISLAND JCC, WILL JOINTLY OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY AT 3 P.M.

NOTE TO EDITORS :

YOUR REPRESENTATIVES ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO COVER THE EVENT.

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