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TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1988

THESE SECTORS COVER THE

MANUFACTURING

SECTOR; THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR: AND THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR.

SURVEY THERE IS A SEPARATE EMPLOYMENT CONSTRUCTION SITES.

COVERING BUILDING AND

THE OVERALL EMPLOYMENT FIGURES FOR DECEMBER 1987 IN THESE CORRESPONDING SELECTED MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS, BY COMPARISON WITH THE FIGURES FOR DECEMBER 1986 AND SEPTEMBER 1987, ARE AS FOLLOWS:

PERSONS ENGAGED (EMPLOYMENT) IN

PERCENTAGE CHANGE*

SELECTED MAJOR

SECTORS OF THE

ECONOMY

DEC. 86

SEPT. 87 DEC. 87

DEC. 87

ON DEC. 86

DEC. 87

ON SEPT. 87

MANUFACTURING

865,600 875,300 867,900

+0.3

-0.8

BUILDING AND

70,800 71,300

72,500

+2.4

+1.6

CONSTRUCTION

(MANUAL WORKERS ON SITES ONLY)

WHOLESALE AND

620,100 647,600

657,900

+6.1

+1.6

RETAIL, IMPORT

AND EXPORT TRADES

AND RESTAURANTS

AND HOTELS

FINANCING,

INSURANCE,

194,300 209,900

212, 200

+9.3

+1.1

REAL ESTATE

AND BUSINESS SERVICES

AND

BEARING

IN

* BASED ON UNROUNDED EMPLOYMENT FIGURES.

COMPARING DECEMBER 1987 WITH SEPTEMBER 1987, THAT THIS COMPARISON IS INFLUENCED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR DECREASED BY 0.8 PER CENT.

MIND

THE WHOLESALE AND ON THE OTHER HAND, EMPLOYMENT IN

RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR AND THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR INCREASED BY 1.6 PER CENT AND 1.1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD, EMPLOYMENT ON BUILDING AND SITES INCREASED BY 1.6 PER CENT.

CONSTRUCTION

/THE SURVEY