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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1976

EMPLOYMENT IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY UP BY 4 PER CENT

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THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE EMPLOYED IN MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS IN HONG KONG IN THE MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER WAS 778,788, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST EMPLOYMENT SURVEY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS

DEPARTMENT.

THIS REPRESENTED AN INCREASE OF 29,942 OR FOUR PER CENT AS COMPARED WITH THE FIGURE OF 748,846 FOR JUNE THIS YEAR.

IN TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT, THE FIVE LARGEST INDUSTRY GROUPS REMAINED WEARING APPAREL (273,089), TEXTILES (117,908), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPLIANCES AND SUPPLIES (88,872), PLASTIC PRODUCTS (79,427) AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (66,152).

AT THE INDUSTRY SECTOR LEVEL, MAIN INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN GARMENTS (+9,408), ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS (+8,310), HANDBAGS (+1,861), FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS EXCEPT MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT (+1,792), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+1,788), GLOVES (+1,666) AND KNITWEARS FROM YARN (+1,571).

DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN WOOL KNITTING (-1,331), COTTON WEAVING (-857) AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS (-598).

WHEN COMPARED WITH A TOTAL OF 627,631 PEOPLE ENGAGED

IN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE EMPLOYED IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 151,157 PERSONS OR 24 PER CENT.

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