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MONDAY, JULY 31, 1989

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MR B. BRESNIHAN, ASSISTANT FINANCIAL SECRETARY;

MRS CARRIE LAM, PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY

WELFARE;

MR G.F. WOODHEAD, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

(SECRETARY);

THE FIRST

MEETING OF

THE

WORKING

FOR HEALTH AND

HEALTH AND WELFARE

PARTY WILL BE HELD WEDNESDAY (AUGUST 21 AT 2.30 PM IN THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES.

ON

NOTE TO EDITORS:

WILL MEET THE ΤΟ WISHING FLOOR OF THE

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WORKING PARTY, PROF YOUNG,

THE MEDIA AFTER

FIRST

REPRESENTATIVES MEETING. MEDIA ATTEND SHOULD ASSEMBLE AT THE PRESS ROOM ON THE GROUND CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES (MAIN WING) AT 4 PM ON WEDNESDAY.

REVIEW ARTICLE ON EMPLOYMENT. VACANCIES IN MANUFACTURING

1989 ISSUE OF

DIGEST

OF AND

THE MAY

THE HONG KONG MONTHLY STATISTICS CONTAINS A SPECIAL REVIEW ARTICLE ENTITLED "EMPLOYMENT VACANCIES IN THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES",

THE DESCRIBES

SUMMARY PAYROLL STATISTICS DEPARTMENT

ARTICLE THIS

METHODOLOGY USED AND FINDINGS OF THE QUARTERLY SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND

BY THE CENSUS AND WHICH HAS BEEN CONDUCTED

SINCE 1980.

COMPILE STATISTICS THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THE SURVEY IS TO THE NUMBER OF PERSONS ENGAGED AND VACANCIES IN THE LOCAL ECONOMY.

ON

MOVEMENTS OF THE THE ARTICLE CONTAINS DETAILED STATISTICS ON

BY ECONOMIC SECTOR AND BY NUMBER OF PERSONS ENGAGED AND VACANCIES MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY FOR SEPTEMBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1988. AND

OF MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION ON THE DISTRIBUTION VACANCIES BY DISTRICT AND BY ESTABLISHMENT SIZE DURING THE PERIOD.

ALSO

AND

OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN ACCORDING TO THE FINDINGS, THE NUMBER

DEMAND FOR MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES IN SEPTEMBER 1988, MEASURING THE

IT SHOWED A LABOUR, WAS 844,575. WHEN COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1984, DECREASE OF 6.6 PER CENT.

/ON THE