SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1991
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*
** N.A.
FIGURES ARE ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST TEN.
BASED ON UNROUNDED VACANCY FIGURES. FIGURES ARE NOT AVAILABLE.
IN
COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1989, THE VACANCY SITUATION IMPROVED MOST MAJOR SECTORS, SUGGESTING THAT THE DEMAND FOR LABOUR HAD BECOME LESS INTENSE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1990. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR DECREASED BY 11.5 PER CENT IN DECEMBER 1990 OVER DECEMBER 1989.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES IN THE MANUFACTURING AND THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTORS FELL BY 19.9 PER CENT AND 15.6 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
HOWEVER, THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTORS EXPERIENCED A SMALL INCREASE OF 2.3 PER CENT OVER THE SAME PERIOD.
COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1990, AND BEARING IN MIND THE INFLUENCE OF SEASONAL FACTORS, THE NUMBER OF REPORTED VACANCIES IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR AND THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTORS FELL BY 7.8 PER CENT AND 3.0 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN DECEMBER 1990.
THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR AND ON CONSTRUCTION SITES DECREASED CONSIDERABLY BY 19.9 PER CENT AND 28.3 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
ALSO AVAILABLE FROM THE SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL ARE STATISTICS ON MONTHLY PAYROLL OUTLAYS IN 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.
QUARTERLY TOTALS FOR EACH OF THESE SECTORS ARE SHOWN IN THE FOLLOWING TABLE :-
TOTAL QUARTERLY PAYROLL IN
% CHANGE*
SELECTED MAJOR SECTORS OF THE
ECONOMY
4TH QTR. 1989
4TH QTR. 1990
4TH QTR. 1990
ON 4TH QTR. 1989
HK$ MN
HK$ MN
MANUFACTURING
11,236
11.435
WHOLESALE AND
11,614
14.477
+ 1.8
+24.7
RETAIL, IMPORT
AND EXPORT TRADES,
RESTAURANTS AND
HOTELS
/FINANCING, INSURANCE,
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