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WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1980

WHEN COMPARED WITH 113 389 PERSONS ENGAGED IN NOVEMBER 1979, THE INCREASE WAS ABOUT 2 600 PERSONS OR 2.3 PER CENT. WHEN COMPARED WITH 100 389 PERSONS ENGAGED IN FEBRUARY 1979, THE INCREASE WAS ABOUT 15 600 PERSONS OR 15.6 PER CENT. THE MAIN INCREASES FROM NOVEMBER 1979 TO FEBRUARY 1980 OCCURRED IN MONETARY INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING BANKS, OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, AND ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURAL AND TECHNICAL SERVICES. DETAILS OF EMPLOYMENT OF THESE INDUSTRY GROUPS ARE SHOWN AS FOLLOWS :

CHANGE OF FEB. 1980

OVER NOV. 1979

INDUSTRY GROUP

PERSONS ENGAGED IN FEB. 1979

PERSONS ENGAGED IN NOV. 1979

PERSONS ENGAGED IN FEB. 1980

PERSONS ENGAGED

CHANGE

MONETARY

INSTITUTIONS

INCLUDING

BANKS

34 614

38 204

38 954

+750

+2.0

OTHER

FINANCIAL

INSTITUTIONS

13 443

16 609

17 060

+451

+2.7

ENGINEERING,

ARCHITECTURAL

AND

TECHNICAL

SERVICES

6 480

7 485

7 786

+301

+4.0

FINALLY, THE NUMBER OF MANUAL WORKERS ENGAGED IN BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES WAS 81 555 IN MARCH 1980. THIS REPRESENTED A DECREASE OF ABOUT 300 WORKERS OR 0.4 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1979. EMPLOYMENT ROSE BY ABOUT 10 000 WORKERS OR 13.9 PER CENT OVER MARCH 1979.

OF THE 1 241 BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES IN OPERATION IN MARCH 1980, 311 WERE SITES CONTRACTED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT. THESE 311 SITES ACCOUNTED FOR 30 984 WORKERS WHICH REPRESENTED A DECLINE OF ABOUT 3 600 WORKERS OR 10.5 PER CENT OVER DECEMBER 1979. THERE WERE 4 897 WORKERS ENGAGED IN MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION SITES IN MARCH 1980, WHICH REPRESENTED A DECLINE OF 9.0 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1979. DURING THE SAME PERIOD, THE NUMBER OF WORKERS ENGAGED IN BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR ROSE BY 9.1 PER CENT TO 45 674.

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