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December 1994 employment and vacancies statistics

Comparing December 1994 with December 1993, there was continued growth in employment in various service sectors, but employment in the manufacturing sector declined further.

Meanwhile, employment on construction sites registered a large increase.

Vacancies in the manufacturing sector continued to fall compared with a year earlier, while those on construction sites registered a substantial increase.

Over the same period, vacancies in the wholesale, retail and import/export trades, restaurants and hotels sector also increased.

According to the figures released today by the Census and Statistics Department, there were 423,000 persons engaged in the manufacturing sector in December 1994, representing a decrease of 12.5% from December 1993.

Employment in the wholesale, retail and import/export trades, restaurants and hotels sector, at 1,021,900 in December 1994, was 7.7% higher than in December 1993.

Employment in the financing, insurance, real estate and business services sector, at 369,600, was up by 9.3% over a year earlier.

Employment on construction sites (manual workers only), at 63,100, was 12.9% higher than in December 1993.

The employment figures for December 1994 in selected major industry sectors, compared with the corresponding figures for December 1993 and September 1994, are as follows;