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WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1983

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REPORT OF 1980 SURVEY OF TRANSPORT ESTABLISHMENTS

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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT HAS JUST PUBLISHED A REPORT ON THE 1980 SURVEY OF TRANSPORT ESTABLISHMENTS WHICH WAS THE FIRST ECONOMIC SURVEY CONDUCTED ON THE TRANSPORT SECTOR.

ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, THERE WERE 26 156 REPORTING ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE TRANSPORT SECTOR IN 1980, ENGAGING A TOTAL OF 110 784 PERSONS, OF WHOM 83 927 WERE EMPLOYÉES AND THE REST WERE WORKING PROPRIETORS, WORKING PARTNERS OR UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS.

THESE ESTABLISHMENTS GENERATED $22 246 MILLION IN TOTAL BUSINESS RECEIPTS AND PAID OUT $3 069 MILLION IN LABOUR COST AND $16 961 MILLION IN OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES.

THE GROSS ADDITIONS TO FIXED ASSETS INCURRED BY THESE ESTABLISHMENTS (WHICH EQUALLED ACQUISITIONS OF FIXED ASSETS LESS RE-SALES OF FIXED ASSETS) WERE WORTH $5 377 MILLION, WHILE THEIR TOTAL VALUE ADDED (COMPRISING LABOUR COST, INTEREST PAYMENTS AND GROSS SURPLUS) AMOUNTED TO $6 691 MILLION.

AMONG THE VARIOUS TRANSPORT GROUPS, +LAND FREIGHT TRANSPORT BY TRUCK+, WITH 10 275 ESTABLISHMENTS ENGAGING 20 085 PERSONS, WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT GROUP IN TERMS OF ESTABLISHMENTS AND PERSONS ENGAGED.

IT WAS FOLLOWED BY +URBAN TAXIS+ WHICH HAD 6 849 ESTABLISHMENTS AND 16 646 PERSONS.

+TRAMWAYS, THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY AND PUBLIC BUSES+, WITH ONLY SIX ESTABLISHMENTS BUT ENGAGING 15 742 PERSONS, RANKED THIRD IN TERMS OF PERSONS ENGAGED.

OTHER SIGNIFICANT GROUPS WERE +AIR TRANSPORT+ (WITH 7 512 PERSONS), TRAVEL AGENTS AND AIRLINE TICKET AGENTS+ (WITH

7 485 PERSONS), +SHIP AGENTS AND MANAGERS+ (WITH 7 077 PERSONS) AND +SHIPOWNERS OF SEA-GOING VESSELS AND CONTAINER TERMINALS+ (WITH 6 004 PERSONS).

+PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES+ HAD THE LOWEST PERCENTAGE OF EMPLOYEES IN RELATION TO ALL PERSONS ENGAGED.

OF THE 4 606 PERSONS ENGAGED IN THIS GROUP, ONLY 196 PERSONS OR FOUR PER CENT WERE EMPLOYEES, THE REST BEING WORKING PROPRIETORS, WORKING PARTNERS OR UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS.

WHILE THE WHOLE TRANSPORT SECTOR PAID AN ANNUAL AVERAGE OF $37 000 IN SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS PËR EMPLOYEE, +BROKERS IN SHIP PURCHASING/SELLING OR SHIP CHARTERING HAD THE HIGHEST AVERAGE ANNUAL PAY PACKAGES $80 000 RESPECTIVELY.

AND AIR TRANSPORT+ $88 000 AND

/THE LOWEST