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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1980
THE MORE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN EMPLOYMENT AT THE INDUSTRY SECTOR LEVEL BETWEEN JUNE 1980 AND MARCH 1980 ARE AS FOLLOWS 1
PERSONS ENGAGED IN
CHANGE OF JUNE 1980
OVER MARCH 1980
INDUSTRY
JUNE
MARCH
JUNE
PERSONS
SECTOR
1979
1980
1980
ENGAGED
%% CHANGE
GARMENTS EXCEPT
KNITWEAR FROM
YARN
216 900
213 300
233 200
+19 900
+ 9.3
WATCHES AND
CLOCKS
28 900
32 800
PLASTIC TOYS
51 500
46 000
36 800
49 900
+ 4 000
+ 3 900
+12.2
+ 8.5
KNITWEAR FROM
YARN
27 600
30 000 33 600
+ 3 600
+12.0
PLASTIC PRODUCTS
EXCLUDING
PLASTIC FLOWERS
AND FOLIAGE AND
PLASTIC TOYS
38 000
37 100 39 400
+ 2 300
+ 6.2
ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES AND HOUSEWARES
13 300
14 200
16 100
+ 1 900
+13.4
IN THE WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES, A TOTAL OF ABOUT 308 900 PERSONS WERE ENGAGED AS AT JUNE 30, 1980, THIS REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 12 400 PERSONS OR 4.2 PER CENT COMPARED WITH 296 500 IN MARCH 1980. WHEN COMPARED WITH 285 100 PERSONS ENGAGED IN JUNE 1979, THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 23 800 PERSONS OR 8.3 PER CENT.
EMPLOYMENT IN RESTAURANTS, CAFES AND BARS AMOUNTED TO ABOUT 113 100 PERSONS, WHICH WAS 3.8 PER CENT ABOVE THE MARCH 1980 FIGURE AND 3.2 PER CENT ABOVE THAT OF JUNE 1979.
AT THE SAME TIME, IT WAS FOUND THAT THERE WERE ABOUT 18 900 PERSONS ENGAGED IN HOTELS AND BOARDING HOUSES. THIS REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF 1.6 PER CENT AND A DECREASE OF 0.5 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH MARCH 1980 AND JUNE 1979 RESPECTIVELY.
DETAILS OF EMPLOYMENT IN WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS IN JUNE 1979, MARCH 1980 AND JUNE 1980 ARE AS FOLLOWS:
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