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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1979

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

INDUSTRY SECTOR

PERSONS

PERSONS

PERSONS

ENGAGED IN ENGAGED IN ENGAGED IN DEC. 1977 SEPT. 1978 DEC. 1978

CHANGE OF DEC. 1978 OVER SEPT. 1978

%

PERSONS ENGAGED CHANGE

GARMENTS EXCEPT

KNITWEAR FROM

YARN

198,519

205,695 208,328

+ 2,633

+ 1.3

ELECTRONIC

PRODUCTS

70,188

71,887

73,736

+ 1,849

+ 2.6

MISCELLANEOUS

FABRICATED

METAL PRODUCTS 29,679

29,857

31,009

+ 1,152

+ 3.9

HAND BAGS

12,215

13,686

14,717

+ 1,031

+ 7.5

COTTON WEAVING

25,167

24,596

25,566

970

+ 3.9

WOOLLEN KNITTING

INCLUDING

KNITWEAR

FROM YARN

37,312

39,293

36,093

3,200

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PLASTIC PRODUCTS

OTHER THAN

PLASTIC TOYS

AND PLASTIC

FLOWERS

29,215

33,850 32,924

926 - 2.7

DETAILED EMPLOYMENT FIGURES FOR VARIOUS INDUSTRY GROUPS AND SECTORS ARE OBTAINABLE FROM THE EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.