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MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1978

THE MORE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN EMPLOYMENT AT THE INDUSTRY SECTOR LEVEL BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 1978 AND JUNE 1978 WERE AS FOLLOWS -

PERSONS

PERSONS PERSONS

ENGAGED IN ENGAGED IN ENGAGED IN

INDUSTRY SECTOR SEPT. 1977 JUNE 1978 SEPT. 1978

CHANGE OF SEPT.

1978

OVER JUNE 1978

PERSONS ENGAGED CHANGE

WATCHES AND CLOCKS 14.401

18,110

20,152

+2,042

+11.3

GARMENTS EXCEPT

KNITWEAR FROM

YARN

194,449

203,804

205,695

+1,891

+0.9

PLASTIC PRODUCTS

OTHER THAN

PLASTIC TOYS

AND PLASTIC

FLOWERS

30,118

33,014

33,850

+836 +2.5

ELECTRONIC

PRODUCTS

72,210

77,938

71,887

-6,051 -7.8

PLASTIC TOYS

43,992

50,554

45,202

-5,352 -10.6

WOOLLEN KNITTING

INCLUDING

KNITWEAR FROM

YARN

40,525

41,102

39,293

-1,809

-44-4

COTTON SPINNING

18,656

18,337

16,965

-1,372

-7.5

MISCELLANEOUS

FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS

29,797

30,959

29,857

-1,102

-3.6

THERE WERE 92,549 PEOPLE ENGAGED IN FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES AS AT AUGUST 15, 1978. OF THESE, 32,638 WERE ENGAGED IN MONETARY INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING BANKS, 14,041 IN REAL ESTATE COMPANIES AND 11,704 IN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS OTHER THAN BANKS.

THE FIGURE REPRESENTED AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 5,800 PEOPLE OR 6.7 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH MAY 1978 AND ABOUT 12,400 PEOPLE OR 15.4 PER CENT COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1977.

THE MAIN.....