XN000022-1994-07-19 — Page 5

TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1994

LEVELS IS LEVEL THE MANPOWER

"WHILE THE

EDUCATIONAL MANPOWER SUPPLY AT HIGHER INCREASING, THE NUMBER OF WORKERS WITH LOWER SECONDARY OR BELOW OF EDUCATION IS EXPECTED TO DROP FROM 53.3 PER CENT OF SUPPLY RECORDED IN 1991 TO 45.4 PER CENT IN 2001, EDUCATION AND MANPOWER BRANCH SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE

ON REQUIREMENT PROJECTION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID DEMAND FOR BETTER EDUCATED WORKERS WOULD ALSO GROW RAPIDLY.

PROJECTED IS NOW

"IN THE 1992 EXERCISE, MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT WAS

DECLINE BY TO DROP

TWO PER CENT PER ANNUM BUT THE RATE OF REVISED TO 4.5 PER CENT PER ANNUM BETWEEN 1991 AND 2001, OR BY A TOTAL OF 250,200 WORKERS, HE SAID.

IP

IN

"DURING THE SAME PERIOD, TOTAL EMPLOYMENT

SERVICES INDUSTRIES WILL INCREASE BY THREE PER CENT A YEAR, COMPARED WITH 2.1 HE SAID, ADDING THAT THIS WOULD PER CENT IN THE PREVIOUS PROJECTION, GIVE AN EMPLOYMENT GROWTH OF SOME 627,900 WORKERS IN THESE INDUSTRIES.

ALSO

GENERAL

UPGRADING

THE REPORT

OF PROJECTED A STRUCTURE OCCUPATIONAL

SHIFTING INDUSTRIES, WITHIN INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYMENT DEMAND IN FAVOUR OF HIGH-SKILLED WORKERS.

RELOCATION OF

THE

THE

MORE

FOR THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, THE LABOUR-INTENSIVE PROCESSES ACROSS THE BORDER AND THE NEED TO GO FOR HIGHER VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTION LOCALLY HAVE RESULTED IN AN UPGRADING OF THE OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE.

SIMILARLY, TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS WITHIN THE SERVICES INDUSTRIES WILL LEAD TO A REDUCTION IN THE REQUIREMENT FOR LOW-SKILLED WORKERS.

AS A

RESULT, EMPLOYMENT OF

PROFESSIONAL,

MANAGERIAL WORKERS IS PROJECTED TO GROW RAPIDLY WHILE PRODUCTION AND RELATED WORKERS WILL DECLINE.

AND TECHNICAL

EMPLOYMENT OF

IN "THIS MEANS THAT SOME 239,380 MORE WORKERS WILL BE EMPLOYED

1991 AND PROFESSIONAL, TECHNICAL AND MANAGERIAL OCCUPATIONS BETWEEN 2001, WITH AN ANNUAL GROWTH RATE OF ABOUT 3.2 PER CENT," THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT.

OF

OCCUPATIONS "ON THE OTHER HAND, PRODUCTION WORKERS AND RELATED ARE PROJECTED TO LOSE ALMOST 162,770 WORKERS, OR AT AN ANNUAL RATE TWO PER CENT, HE ADDED.

COMPARING THE PROJECTED MANPOWER SUPPLY AND REQUIREMENTS, SPOKESMAN SAID SUPPLY OF MANPOWER WITH LOWER SECONDARY OR EDUCATION WOULD EXCEED REQUIREMENTS BY 49,800 PERSONS IN 2001.

THE

BELOW

TO ON THE OTHER HAND, NEGATIVE MANPOWER BALANCES ARE EXPECTED

SUPPLY AT UPPER EXIST AT TWO EDUCATIONAL LEVELS IN 2001: MANPOWER SECONDARY AND SIXTH FORM LEVELS WILL FALL SHORT OF THE REQUIREMENTS BY 45,700 AND 48,400 PERSONS RESPECTIVELY.

"THIS DOES

WITH EXCESS WORKERS NOT MEAN THAT THERE WILL BE

SOME OF SECONDARY OR BELOW EDUCATION, BUT RATHER IMPLIES THAT WORKERS WILL BE WORKING IN JOBS WHICH REQUIRE EDUCATIONAL

THE SPOKESMAN ADDED. QUALIFICATIONS HIGHER THAN WHAT THEY POSSESS,

LOWER THESE

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/SUPPLY OF