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FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1981

TOGETHER WITH EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS, THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ALSO PUBLISHED VACANCY STATISTICS FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR- THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR- AND THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR IN DECEMBER 1980.

THESE WERE COMPILED FROM THE NUMBER OF JOB VACANCIES REPORTED BY ESTABLISHMENTS COVERED BY THE EMPLOYMENT SURVEYS IN THESE SECTORS.

THE OVERALL FIGURES, TOGETHER WITH A COMPARISON WITH THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR DECEMBER 1979 AND SEPTEMBER 1980, ARE AS FOLLOWS :-

RECTOR OF THE ECONOMY

MANUFACTURING

WHOLESALE AND

RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT, AND RESTAURANTS AND

HOTELS

FINANCE

NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES IN

PERCENTAGE INCREASE

DEC. 79

SEPT. 80 DEC. 80

DEC. 80 ON

DEC. 79

DEC. BO ON

SEPT. 80

55 300

37 400 42 000

-23.9

12.4

5 200

5 900 5 800

11.8

-1.4

INSURANCE

REAL ESTATE

AND BUSINESS SERVICES

1 800X

2 400 2 900

62.4

20.2

NOTE: *

REFERRING TO NOVEMBER 1979

COMPARING THE FIGURES FOR DECEMBER 1980 WITH THOSE FOR APPROXIMATELY THE SAME TIME IN 1979, THERE WAS A SUBSTANTIAL DECLINE OF 23.9% IN THE NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR. NEVERTHELESS, THE TOTAL JOB OPPORTUNITIES (THE SUM OF EMPLOYMENT AND VACANCIES) IN THIS SECTOR STILL INCREASED BY 2.5% DURING THIS PERIOD.

ON THE OTHER HAND, THE NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES IN THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR AND WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR INCREASED TOGETHER WITH EMPLOYMENT DURING THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 1980.

COMPARING THE FIGURES FOR DECEMBER 1980 WITH THOSE FOR SEPTEMBER 1980, THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES INCREASED EXCEPT IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR.

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