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FINANCE,

INSURANCE

REAL ESTATE

AND BUSINESS SERVICES

150.8

8

TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1984

164.0

+ 8.8

SELECTED MAJOR

REAL INDEX OF

PAYROLL PER PERSON ENGAGED

(JUNE 1980 100)

=

SECTORS OF

THE ECONOMY

MANUFACTURING

WHOLESALE AND

RETAIL, IMPORT

AND EXPORT

TRADES, AND

RESTAURANTS

AND HOTELS

FINANCE

INSURANCE

REAL ESTATE

AND BUSINESS

SERVICES

MAR. 83

107.6

MAR. 84

113.6

% CHANGE

MAR. 84

ON MAR. 83

+ 5.6

107.7

110.5

+ 2.6

108.8

108.6

0.2

COMPARED WITH MARCH 1983, INCREASES OF 14.9 PER CENT, 11.7 PER CENT AND 8,8 PER CENT WERE REGISTERED IN THE NOMINAL INDEX OF PAYROLL PER PERSON ENGAGED IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR AND THE FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR RESPECTIVELY. OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE REAL INDEX OF PAYROLL PER PERSON ENGAGED SHOWED INCREASES OF 5.6 PER CENT AND 2.6 PER CENT AND A NEGLIGIBLE DECREASE OF 0.2 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN THE ABOVE SECTORS.

EMPLOYMENT FIGURES FOR SELECTED INDIVIDUAL INDUSTRIES WITHIN THE FOUR SECTORS ARE GIVEN IN THE TABLES ATTACHED. FURTHER DETAILS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE FOLLOWING OFFICERS OF THE EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT: MR AU HOO-KIT-5-434185; MR NG KUNG-TAK - 5-455661, AND MR CHIU FOOK-CHING 5-446720.

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