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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1983

A COMPARISON OF THE FIGURES FOR JUNE 1983 WITH THOSE FOR JUNE 1982 SHOWS THAT EMPLOYMENT IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR, AT 520 400, WAS 4.3% HIGHER THAN IN JUNE 1982. AS FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, EMPLOYMENT WAS STABLE COMPARED WITH JUNE 1982.

ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE WERE DECREASES IN EMPLOYMENT ON BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES AND IN THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR.

EMPLOYMENT ON BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES DECREASED BY 11.8%. AT 163 300, EMPLOYMENT IN THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR DECREASED SLIGHTLY BY 0.59%.

COMPARED WITH MARCH 1983, INCREASES OF 6.4% AND 0.6% WERE RECORDED FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR AND WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR RESPECTIVELY.

HOWEVER, DECREASES OF 2.6% AND 0.7% WERE REGISTERED FOR BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES AND FOR THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR RESPECTIVELY.

TOGETHER WITH THE EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS, THE SURVEY ALSO PROVIDED VACANCY STATISTICS FOR THESE SECTORS, OTHER THAN FOR BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION.

THE OVERALL FIGURES BY MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS, TOGETHER WITH A COMPARISON WITH THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR JUNE 1982 AND MARCH 1983, ARE AS FOLLOWS:

NUMBER OF REPORTED

VACANCIES IN

PERCENTAGE CHANGE+

SELECTED MAJOR

SECTORS OF

JUNE 83 ON

THE ECONOMY

JUNE 82 MAR. 83 JUNE 83

JUNE 82

JUNE 83 ON MAR. 83

MANUFACTURING

WHOLESALE AND

RETAIL, IMPORT AND

26 950

5 240

38 550

32 940

+22.2

-14.6

4 750

4 010

-23.5

-15.6

EXPORT, AND

RESTAURANTS AND

HOTELS

FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES

1 870

1 930

1 940

+3.9

+0.8

+ BASED ON UNROUNDED VACANCY FIGURES

/COMPARED WITH