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WEDNESDAY, JULY 4,1979
FOUR BILLS PASSED
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FOUR BILLS WERE PASSED INTO LAW IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THEY ARE THE ESTATE DUTY (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) BILL 1979, THE RATING (AMENDMENT) BILL 1979, THE REGISTRATION OF PERSONS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1979 AND THE MERCHANT SHIPPING (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) BILL 1979.
EMPLOYMENT CHANGES IN MARCH 1979 *****
THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY) RELEASED THE RESULTS OF THE MARCH 1979 EMPLOYMENT SURVEY OF THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES AND THE REVISED EMPLOYMENT FIGURES OF THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES FOR DECEMBER 1978.
A TOTAL OF 812,446 PERSONS WERE ENGAGED IN MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS AS AT MARCH 15, 1979, +WHICH IS NOT SIGNIFICANTL Y DIFFERENT FROM THE DECEMBER 1978 FIGURE OF 816,683 PERSONS ENGAGED, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.
WHEN COMPARED WITH 766,230 PERSONS ENGAGED IN MARCH 1978, THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 46,200 PERSONS OR 6.0 PER CENT.
THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 40,631 MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS IN OPERATION IN MARCH, 1979. THIS REPRESENTED A DECREASE OF 609 ESTABLISHMENTS WHEN COMPARED WITH 41,240 ESTABLISHMENTS IN DECEMBER 1978- AND AN INCREASE OF 2,028 ESTABLISHMENTS WHEN COMPARED WITH 38,603 ESTABLISHMENTS IN MARCH 1978.
IN TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT, THE FIVE LARGEST MANUFACUTRING INDUSTRIES REMAINED WEARING APPAREL- TEXTILES ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPLIANCES AND SUPPLIES- PLASTIC PRODUCTS- AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS.
A COMPARISON OF EMPLOYMENT IN THESE INDUSTRIES BETWEEN MARCH 1979 AND DECEMBER 1978 IS GIVEN BELOW
CHANGE OF MARCH 1979
OVER DEC. 1978
PERSONS ENGAGED IN
PERSONS ENGAGED IN
PERSONS
%
INDUSTRY GROUP
DEC. 1978
MARCH 1979
ENGAGED
CHANGE
WEARING APPAREL
271,318
271,819
501
+ 0.2
TEXTILES
98,607
99,244
+ 637
+ 0.6
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,
APPLIANCES AND
SUPPLIES, INCLUDING
ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS
97,962
92,567
-5,395
5.5
PLASTIC PRODUCTS
86,512
84,540
-1,972
- 2.3
FABRICATED METAL
PRODUCTS
80,106
78,693
-1,413
- 1.8
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