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TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1984

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COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING MONTH IN 1982, THE NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES FOR SEPTEMBER 1983 INCREASED IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR BUT DECREASED IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR AND THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR. WHILE THE INCREASE IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR WAS 37.7 PER CENT, THE DECREASES IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR AND THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR WERE 10.7 PER CENT AND 8.0 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

RELATIVE TO JUNE 1983, HOWEVER, INCREASES OF 24.9 PER CENT AND 0.9 PER CENT WERE REGISTERED FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR AND THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR RESPECTIVELY. A DECREASE OF 20.8 PER CENT WAS RECORDED FOR THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR.

ALSO AVAILABLE FROM THE SURVEY ARE STATISTICS ON MONTHLY PAYROLL OUTLAYS 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. QUARTERLY TOTALS FOR EACH OF THESE SECTORS ARE SHOWN IN THE FOLLOWING TABLE 1-

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TOTAL QUARTERLY PAYROLL IN

% CHANGE

SELECTED MAJOR

SECTORS OF

3RD QTR. 1982

THE ECONOMY

HK$ MN

3RD QTR. 1983

HK$ MN

3RD QTR. 1983

ON

3RD QTR. 1982

MANUFACTURING

5 210

5 819

+11.7

WHOLESALE AND

RETAIL, IMPORT

AND EXPORT

3 138

3 580

+14.1

AND RESTAURANTS

AND HOTELS

FINANCE INSURANCE,

REAL ESTATE AND

1 775

1 956

+10.2

BUSINESS SERVICES

* BASED ON UNROUNDED PAYROLL FIGURES

RELATIVE TO THE SAME QUARTER A YEAR AGO, PAYROLL OUTLAYS IN THE ABOVE THREE SECTORS INCREASED BY 11.7 PER CENT, 14.1 PER CENT AND 10.2 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. THE LARGE INCREASE IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR, AT 14.1 PER CENT, WAS IN PART DUE TO INCREASED EMPLOYMENT IN THIS SECTOR.

BY ADJUSTMENT