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TUESDAY, JULY 12; 198

THESE SECTORS COVER THE

MANUFACTURING SECTOR: THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR; AND THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, RRAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS. EMPLOYMENT SURVEY COVERING

SERVICES SECTOR. THERE IS A SEPARATE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES.

THE OVERALL EMPLOYMENT FIGURES FOR MARCH 1988 IN THESE SELECTED MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS, BY COMPARISON WITH THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR MARCH 1987 AND DECEMBER 1987, ARR AS FOLLOWS:-

PERSONS ENGAGED (EMPLOYMENT) IN

PERCENTAGE CHANGE*

SELECTED MAJOR

MAR.

88

MAR.

88

SECTORS OF THE

ON

ON

ECONOMY

MAR.

87 DEC. 87 MAR. 88

MAR.

87

DEC. 87

864,900 867,900 849,100

-

1.8

-

2.2

MANUFACTURING

BUILDING AND

CONSTRUCTION

(MANUAL WORKERS ON SITES ONLY)

71,800

72,500

74,100

+ 3.

3

+ 2.3

WHOLESALE AND

RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT

TRADES AND

RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS

FINANCING,

INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE

AND BUSINESS SERVICES

620,000 657,900

673,300

+ 8.6

+ 2.3

197,200

212,200

213,900

+ 8.4

+ 0.8

BASED ON UNROUNDED EMPLOYMENT FIGURES.

BEARING IN MIND IN

COMPARING MARCH 1988 WITH DECEMBER 1987, AND THAT THIS COMPARISON IS INFLUENCED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, EMPLOYMENT THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR DECREASED BY 2.2 PER CENT.

ON THE OTHER HAND, EMPLOYMENT IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR AND THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR INCREASED BY 2.3 PER CENT AND 0.8 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

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