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Financing,

349,400

369,600

-

4 -

361,300

+3.4

-2.2

insurance, real

estate and

business services

Community,

287,400

299,300 297,200

+3.4

-0.7

social and

personal

services

Vacancies at construction sites recorded a three-fold increase in March 1995 over a year earlier. The marked increases in both employment and vacancies at construction sites reflected the heavy demand for construction workers mainly in the new airport projects.

However, vacancies recorded decreases notably in the manufacturing sector and in the wholesale, retail and import/export trades, restaurants and hotels sector. Nevertheless, the decline was due in part to a high base of comparison in March 1994, when vacancies situation was particularly acute.

table:

The respective vacancies figures are shown in greater detail in the following

Number of reported vacancies

Percentage change

Selected major sector

Mar 95

Mar 94 Dec 94

Mar 95

over Mar 94

Mar 95 over Dec 94

Manufacturing

14,890

10,520

9.100

-38.9

-13.5

Construction

440

860

1.860

+318.5

+115.5

sites (manual

workers only)

Wholesale.

42,100

29,650

27,810

-33.9

-6.2

retail and

import/export

trades,

restaurants and hotels