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MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1977

EMPLOYMENT IN WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADES ******

A TOTAL OF 264,140 PERSONS WERE ENGAGED IN WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADES IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR, AN INCREASE OF 1.6

PER CENT COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, ACCORDING TO A RECENT SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

HOWEVER, THE FIGURE REPRESENTS A DECREASE OF ONE PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH 266,810 PERSONS EMPLOYED IN THESE TRADES IN JUNE THIS YEAR.

THE SURVEY SHOWS THAT 37,880 WERE WORKING IN WHOLESALE, 131,990 IN RETAIL AND 94,270 ÎN IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES.

THE SURVEY ALSO RECORDED THAT 116,580 PERSONS WERE ENGAGED IN RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS, AN INCREASE OF 1.5 PER CENT OVER JUNE 1977, AND 9.9 PER CENT OVER THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.

DETAILS OF EMPLOYMENT IN WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS IN SEPTEMBER AND JUNE 1977 AND A COMPARISON BETWEEN THEM ARE AS FOLLOWS :-

PERSONS ENGAGED

PERSONS ENGAGED

CHANGE OF SEPT 1977

OVER JUNE 1977

IN

JUNE 1977

IN SEPT 1977

PERSONS

%

WHOLESALE

37,650

37,880

230

0.6

RETAIL

133,780

131,990

-1,790

1.3

IMPORT/EXPORT

95,380

94,270

-1,110

1.2

RESTAURANTS/

CAFES AND

97,890

99,450

+1,560

1.6

BARS

HOTELS AND

BOARD ING

17,020

17,140

120

0.7

HOUSES

TOTAL

381,710

380,730

980

0.3

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