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WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1980

THE MORE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN EMPLOYMENT AT THE INDUSTRY SECTOR LEVEL BETWEEN MARCH 1980 AND DECEMBER 1979 ARE AS FOLLOWS :

CHANGE OF MARCH 1980 OVER DEC. 1979

INDUSTRY

SECTOR

PERSONS ENGAGED IN MAR. 1979

PERSONS ENGAGED IN DEC. 1979

PERSONS ENGAGED IN MAR. 1980

PERSONS

ENGAGED

96 CHANGE

KNITWEAR

FROM

YARN

25 350

25 926

30 016

+4 090

+15.8

ELECTRONIC

PRODUCTS

69 299

90 567

92 478

+1 911

+ 2.1

PLASTIC

PRODUCTS

OTHER THAN

PLASTIC

TOYS AND

PLASTIC

FLOWERS

33 818

35 915

37 147

+1 232

+ 3.4

WATCHES

AND

CLOCKS

23 430

31 931

32 788

857

+ 2.7

IN THE WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES, A TOTAL OF 296 599 PERSONS WERE ENGAGED AS AT MARCH 14, 1980. THIS REPRESENTED AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 7 400 PERSONS OR 2.6 PER CENT COMPARED WITH 289 207 IN DECEMBER 1979. WHEN COMPARED WITH 280 314 PERSONS ENGAGED IN MARCH 1979, THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 16 300 PERSONS OR 5.8 PER CENT.

EMPLOYMENT IN RESTAURANTS, CAFES AND BARS AMOUNTED TO 109 045 PERSONS BEING 1.3 PER CENT BELOW THE DECEMBER 1979 FIGURE AND FOUR PER CENT ABOVE THAT OF MARCH 1979.

AT THE SAME TIME, IT IS SHOWN THAT THERE WERE 18 621 PERSONS ENGAGED IN HOTELS AND BOARDING HOUSES. THIS REPRESENTS A DECREASE OF 1.5 PER CENT AND 0.8 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1979 AND MARCH 1979 RESPECTIVELY.

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