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COMPARING THE FIGURES FOR JUNE 1981 WITH THOSE FOR THE SAME TIME IN 1980, THERE WERE INCREASES IN EMPLOYMENT IN 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.

THE RAPID GROWTH RATE IN THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT IN THIS SECTOR IN JUNE 1981, AT 141 700, WAS 16.8 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN JUNE 1980.

EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR AND THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR IN JUNE 1981, AT 942 800 AND 455 700 RESPECTIVELY, WERE 1.7 PER CENT AND 3.4 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN JUNE 1980. ON THE OTHER HAND, EMPLOYMENT IN BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES DECREASED BY 3.3 PER CENT AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR.

COMPARING THE FIGURES FOR JUNE 1981 WITH THOSE FOR MARCH 1981, GROWTH IN EMPLOYMENT VARIED IN EACH OF THE FOUR SECTORS ABOVE. INCREASES OF 6 PER CENT AND 5.7 PER CENT IN EMPLOYMENT WERE REGISTERED RESPECTIVELY IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR AND THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR.

ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES OF 3.9 PER CENT AND 0.7 PER CENT IN EMPLOYMENT WERE OBSERVED IN BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES AND THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR RESPECTIVELY.

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 JUNE 1981.

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 CORRESPOND ING FIGURES FOR JUNE 1980 AND MARCH 1981, ARE AS FOLLOWS:

NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES IN

SECTOR OF THE ECONOMY

MANUFACTURING

WHOLESALE AND

RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT. AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

JUN. 80 MAR. 81 JUN. 81

JUN. 81 ON

JUN. 80

JUN. 81 ON

MAR. 81

40 400

55 200

42 000

+4.0

-24.0

5 600

6 400 5 000

-10.0

-21.1

FINANCE

INSURANCE

REAL ESTATE

AND BUSINESS

SERVICES

2 400

2 500

2 000

-9.8

-13.3

/COMPARING THE