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FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1992

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MARCH 1992 EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL STATISTICS RELEASED

THE IN

THERE

WHOLESALE, WAS CONTINUED GROWTH IN EMPLOYMENT RETAIL AND IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR AND THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR MARCH THIS YEAR OVER A YEAR EARLIER.

IN

THE

MANUFACTURING

MEANWHILE, EMPLOYMENT CONSTRUCTION SITES DECLINED MARKEDLY.

THE FALL

IN

EMPLOYMENT MANUFACTURING

IN

SECTOR

AND

ON

REFLECTED MAINLY

THE WITH THE

CONTINUED STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN THE ECONOMY, IN CONNECTION RELOCATION OF INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES TO CHINA.

OVERALL, EMPLOYMENT

TAKEN WITH MARCH

IN ALL THE MAJOR SECTORS SURVEYED TOGETHER SHOWED A SLIGHT DECREASE IN MARCH 1992 COMPARED LAST YEAR.

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VACANCIES IN ALL MAJOR DURING THE FIRST QUARTER.

SECTORS

INCREASED

COMBINED THAN

IN MARCH 1992, THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES IN ALL SECTORS REMARKABLY LARGER THAN IN DECEMBER 1991, THOUGH STILL LOWER IN MARCH 1991.

WAS

IN MARCH 1992, EARNINGS IN ALL MAJOR SECTORS CONTINUED TO SHOW SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN MONEY TERMS OVER A YEAR EARLIER.

AFTER ADJUSTING FOR INFLATION, THERE WAS STILL AN INCREASE REAL TERMS FOR AVERAGE EARNINGS IN SOME OF THE SECTORS.

IN

CENSUS THE

ACCORDING TO THE FIGURES RELEASED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, THERE WERE 605,200 PERSONS ENGAGED IN MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN MARCH 1992, REPRESENTING A DECREASE OF FROM MARCH 1991.

13.1%

TRADES,

1992, WAS 1.2%

EMPLOYMENT IN THE WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND IMPORT/EXPORT RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR, AT 863,200 IN MARCH HIGHER THAN IN MARCH 1991.

IN EMPLOYMENT

THE

INSURANCE, FINANCING,

BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR, AT 303,400, WAS UP BY 9.7%.

REAL

ESTATE

AND

EMPLOYMENT ON

CONSTRUCTION SITES, AT 62,100, WAS

7.2% LOWER

THAN IN MARCH 1991.

THE

EMPLOYMENT FIGURES FOR

MARCH

1992

IN

SELECTED

CONOMIC SECTORS, WITH COMPARISONS WITH THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES MARCH 1991 AND DECEMBER 1991, ARE AS FOLLOWS:

MAJOR FOR

/PERSONS ENGAGED

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