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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1979

EMPLOYMENT IN FACTORIES INCREASES

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A TOTAL OF 877 384 PEOPLE WERE EMPLOYED IN MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS IN JUNE THIS YEAR, AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 65 000 OR EIGHT PER CENT COMPARED WITH MARCH OF THE SAME YEAR, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST EMPLOYMENT SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

WHEN COMPARED WITH THE EMPLOYMENT FIGURE FOR JUNE 1978, THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 74 000 WORKERS OR 9.1 PER CENT.

THERE WERE 41 498 MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS IN OPERATION IN JUNE 1979, AN INCREASE OF 867 COMPARED WITH MARCH OF THE SAME YEAR AND AN INCREASE OF 3 316 OVER JUNE 1978.

IN TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT, THE FIVE LARGEST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES WERE WEARING APPAREL ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPLIANCES AND SUPPLIES- TEXTILES- PLASTIC PRODUCTS- AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS.

A COMPARISON OF EMPLOYMENT IN THESE INDUSTRIES BETWEEN JUNE 1979 AND MARCH 1979 IS GIVEN BELOW:

CHANGE OF JUNE 79 OVER MAR. 79

INDUSTRY GROUP

PERSONS ENGAGED IN JUNE 1978

PERSONS ENGAGED IN MARCH 1979

PERSONS ENGAGED IN JUNE 1979

PERSONS ENGAGED

% CHANGE

WEARING APPAREL

261 791

271 819

283 798

+11 979

+ 4.4

ELECTRICAL

MACHINERY

APPLIANCES AND

SUPPLIES

100 324

92 567

114 000

+21 433

+23.2

INCLUDING

ELECTRONIC

PRODUCTS

TEXTILES

99 926

99 244

PLASTIC PRODUCTS

90 020

84 540

101 172

94 765

+ 1 928

+10 225

+ 1.9

+12.1

FABRICATED

METAL PRODUCTS

75 807

78 693

84 030

+ 5 337 + 6.8

THE MORE.....