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FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1983

AND

EMPLOYMENT IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR, AT 517 700, WAS 7.0 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN DECEMBER 1981.

ON THE OTHER HAND, EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR AND ON BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES DECREASED BY 6.5 PER CENT AND 7.7 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY,

COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1982, EMPLOYMENT ON BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES AND IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR INCREASED BY 1.0 PER CENT AND 3.0 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

THE INCREASE OF ONE PER CENT IN EMPLOYMENT ON BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES WAS DUE TO THE INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENT AT HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS SITES. ON THE OTHER HAND, MODERATE DECREASES OF 1.0 PER CENT AND 0.9 PER CENT WERE REGISTERED IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR AND THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR RESPECTIVELY.

TOGETHER WITH THE EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS, THE SURVEY ALSO PROVIDED 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 1982. THE OVERALL FIGURES BY MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS, TOGETHER WITH A COMPARISON WITH THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR DECEMBER 1981 AND SEPTEMBER 1982, ARE AS FOLLOWS :-

NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES IN

SELECTED MAJOR

SECTORS OF

THE ECONOMY

MANUFACTURING

WHOLESALE AND

RETAIL, IMPORT

AND EXPORT. AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS

PERCENTAGE CHANGE *

DEC. 82 ON

DEC. 81

SEPT. 82

DEC. 82

DEC. 81

DEC. 82 ON SEPT. 82

44 100

29 900

23 800

-46.0

-20.4

6 500

4 500

3 900

-41.1

-14.9

FINANCE

INSURANCE

REAL ESTATE

AND BUSINESS

SERVICES

2 300

1 700

1 800

-20.9

+ 7.2

/COMPARED WITH