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WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1979

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THE MORE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN EMPLOYMENT AT THE INDUSTRY SECTOR LEVEL BETWEEN MARCH 1979 AND DECEMBER 1978 WERE AS FOLLOWS:

CHANGE OF MARCH 1979

OVER DEC. 1978

PERSONS *

PERSONS

ENGAGED IN

ENGAGED IN

PERSONS

%

INDUSTRY SECTOR

DEC. 1978

MARCH 1979

ENGAGED

CHANGE

ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS

74,534

69,299

-5,235

- 7.0

GARMENTS EXCEPT

KNITWEAR FROM

211,202

209,923

-1,279

- 0.6

YARN

MISCELLANEOUS

FABRICATED

31,693

30,785

908

-

2.9

METAL PRODUCTS

PLASTIC TOYS

46,201

45,338

863

- 1.9

WATCHES AND CLOCKS

21,182

23,430

+2,248

+10.6

JOB PRINTING

15,695

16,787

+1,092

+ 7.0

COTTON WEAVING

26,059

26,801

742

+ 2.8

GLOVES

11,574

12,248

674

+ 5.8

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

* REVISED FIGURES. THE RECORDS OF BUSINESS REGISTRATIONS

KEPT IN THE BUSINESS REGISTRATION OFFICE ARE USED AS THE BASIC FRAME OF THE EMPLOYMENT SURVEYS. A CHANGE IN THE PROCEDURES FOR UPDATING THESE RECORDS IN THE SECOND HALF OF 1978 RESULTED IN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF SUCH RECORDS BEING TRANSMITTED TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT. IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO INCLUDE IN THE DECEMBER 1978 SURVEY ALL THE RECORDS RECEIVED IN THAT QUARTER AND, AS A RESULT, THE DECEMBER 1978 EMPLOYMENT FIGURES WERE SLIGHTLY UNDER-ESTIMATED. IN THE MARCH 1979 SURVEY, INFORMATION ON THE DECEMBER 1978 EMPLOYMENT WAS COLLECTED FROM THE RELEVANT ESTABLISHMENTS. THE REVISED FIGURES QUOTED ABOVE ARE FINAL.

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