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THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1990

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DECEMBER EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL STATISTICS RELEASED

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IN DECEMBER 1989. EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR DECREASED COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1988, WHILE EMPLOYMENT IN SERVICES SECTOR INCREASED, ACCORDING TO FIGURES RELEASED TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT. THUS THE SHIFT IN EMPLOYMENT FROM MANUFACTURING TO SERVICES CONTINUED.

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SECTOR

THERE WERE 791,500 PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE MANUFACTURING IN DECEMBER 1989, REPRESENTING A DECREASE OF 5.4 PER CENT IN COMPRISON WITH DECEMBER 1988.

EMPLOYMENT IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR, AT 774,000 IN DECEMBER 1989, WAS 8.8 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN DECEMBER 1988.

EMPLOYMENT IN THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR, AT 254,800, WAS UP BY 8.2 PER CENT.

EMPLOYMENT AT CONSTRUCTION SITES

COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1988.

THE OVERALL EMPLOYMENT FIGURES

DECREASED BY 9.0 PER CENT

FOR DECEMBER 1989 IN THESE WITH COMPARISON WITH THE SEPTEMBER 1989, ARE AS

SELECTED MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS, CORRISPONDING FIGURES FOR DECEMBER 1988 AND FOLL WS:

PERSONS ENGAGED

(EMPLOYMENT) IN*

PERCENTAGE CHANGE**

SELECTED MAJOR

SECTORS OF THE

ECONOPTY

DEC. 88 SEP. 89 DEC. 89

DEC. 89 ON

DRC. 88

DEC. 89 ON

SEP. 89

MANU"ACTURING

CONSTRUCTION

837,100

76,300

803,000 791,500

67,500

-5.4

-1.4

69.500

-9.0

+2.9

(MAIDAL WORKERS

AT ONSTRUCTION

SUTION ONLY }

WHOLU SALE AND

711,300 757,700 774,000

+8.8

+2.2

RETAIL, IMPORT

AND EXPORT TRADES

AND RESTAURANTS

AND HOTELS

FINANCING,

235,500 249,500 254,800

+8.2

+2.1

INSURANCE,

AND SERV CES

REAL ESTATE

USINESS

*

FIGURES ARE ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST HUNDRED.

**

BASED ON UNROUNDED EMPLOYMENT FIGURES.

/COMPARING DECEMBER