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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 12.4 PER CENT. AT 162 600, EMPLOYMENT IN THE FINANCE, INSURANCE REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR DECREASED BY 3 PER CENT.

COMPARED WITH JUNE 1983, AN INCREASE OF 1.3 PER CENT WAS RECORDED FOR THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR.

HOWEVER, A DECREASE OF 4.3 PER CENT WAS REGISTERED FOR EMPLOYMENT ON BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES.

EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR SHOWED A DECREASE OF 4.2 PER CENT BUT THE JUNE FIGURE TENDS TO BE ON THE HIGH SIDE DUE TO SEASONAL FACTORS.

EMPLOYMENT IN THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR RECORDED A MARGINAL DECREASE OF 0.4 PER CENT.

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 SEPTEMBER 1982 AND JUNE 1983, ARE AS FOLLOWS -

SELECTED MAJOR

SECTOR OF THE ECONOMY

MANUFACTURING

WHOLESALE AND

NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES IN

*

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

SEPT. 82 JUNE 83 SEPT. 83

SEPT. 83 ON SEPT. 82

SEPT. 83 ON JUNE 83

29 870

32 940

41 130

+37.7

+24.9

RETAIL, IMPORT

AND EXPORT, AND

4 530

4 010 4 050

-10.7

+ 0.9

RESTAURANTS

AND HOTELS

FINANCE,

INSURANCE

REAL ESTATE AND

1 670 1 940

1 540

-

8.0

-20.8

BUSINESS

SERVICES

* BASED ON UNROUNDED VACANCY FIGURES

/COMPARED WITH