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FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE

AND BUSINESS

SERVICES

269,300

276,700

20

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1991

283,600

+5.3

+2.5

#

PROVISIONAL FIGURE.

FIGURES ARE ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST HUNDRED.

BASED ON UNROUNDED EMPLOYMENT FIGURES.

** EXCLUDING HAWKERS, STREET VENDORS, RETAIL PITCHES (OTHER

THAN MARKET STALLS)

THE

THE

A DEPARTMENTAL SPOKESMÁN SAID THE STATISTICS FOR SELECTED MAJOR SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY IN JUNE 1991 WERE DERIVED FROM QUARTERLY SURVEY OF EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL AND QUARTERLY EMPLOYMENT SURVEY OF CONSTRUCTION SITES CONDUCTED BY DEPARTMENT.

THE

of

BEGINNING FROM THE 1ST QUARTER 1991, THE QUARTERLY SURVEY EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL ADOPTED THE HONG KONG STANDARD

CLASSIFICATION INDUSTRIAL

THE CLASSIFICATION CODES FOR ECONOMIC SECTORS.

(HSIC)

FIGURES FOR JUNE 1990 HAVE ALSO BEEN REVISED TO CONFORM TO HSIC CODES FOR COMPARISON PURPOSE.

OF

THE

THUS,

THE FIGURES CONTAINED IN THIS PRESS RELEASE MAY NOT BE FULLY COMPARABLE WITH THOSE IN THE PREVIOUS REPORTS DUE TO THE CHANGE IN CLASSIFICATION.

TWO SURVEYS ALSO PROVIDE VACANCY STATISTICS FOR SELECTRO MAJOR SECTORS. THE VACANCY DATA TOGETHER WITH A COMPARISON WITH THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR JUNE 1990 AND MARCH 1991 ARE AS FOLLOWS !

NUMBER OF REPORTED

VACANCIES IN

PERCENTAGE CHANGE 4

SELECTED MAJOR

SECTORS OF THE

JUN 91 OVER

ECONOMY

JUN 90

MAR 91

JUN 91

JUN 90.

JUN 91 OVER

MÁR 91

37,410

31,760

25,250

-32.5

-20.5

2,160

1,150

940*

-68.5

-18.2

MANUFACTURING

CONSTRUCTION

(MANUAL WORKERS

ON CONSTRUCTION

SITES ONLY)

WHOLESALE,

RETAIL**

AND IMPORT/EXPORT

TRADES, RESTAURANTS

AND HOTELS

27,550

33,240

24,910

-9.6

-25.1

/FINANCING