Statistics and Census Service released the results of Manpower Needs and Wages Survey for the third quarter of 2005. The survey coverage included Manufacturing; Electricity, gas & water supply; Hotels & restaurants; and Financial intermediation sectors, but excluded all own-account workers and intermediary not directly employed by insurance companies. Information on the number of employees, vacancies and earnings was extrapolated based on the results obtained from 627 statistical units successfully interviewed, which was given as follows: At the end of the third quarter of 2005, the Manufacturing sector had 31,554 paid employees, with 22,394 working in the manufacture of wearing apparel. Compared with the same period of 2004, number of paid employees in the Manufacturing sector decreased 12.9%. In September 2005, average monthly earnings (excluding year-end bonuses, holiday allowances, profit-sharing bonuses and other similar bonuses) for full time employees in this sector was MOP 4,388, up by 5.8% over the same month of 2004. Electricity, gas & water supply sector had 1,033 paid employees, down 1.4% over the third quarter of 2004. Average monthly earnings in this sector increased by 4.2% over September 2004 to MOP 18,660. Hotels & restaurants sector had 21,184 paid employees, with 12,311 working in the restaurant industry. Compared with the third quarter of 2004, number of paid employees in Hotels & restaurants sector surged 9.9%; average monthly earnings increased by 2.8% to MOP 5,676. Financial intermediation sector had 4,414 paid employees, with 3,767 working in banking. Compared with the third quarter of 2004, number of paid employees in the Financial intermediation sector increased 6.3%; average monthly earnings went up by 3.0% to MOP 13,159. At the end of September 2005, the Manufacturing sector had 6,272 vacancies, of which 4,626 were in the manufacture of wearing apparel. Hotels & restaurants sector had 2,724 vacancies, Financial intermediation sector and Electricity, gas & water supply sector had 102 and 50 vacant posts respectively. In terms of recruitment prerequisites, over 85% of the vacant posts in the Manufacturing sector required working experience. Nearly all the vacant posts in the Electricity, gas & water supply sector and the Financial intermediation sector required senior secondary or higher in educational attainment. Besides Cantonese, English (99.0%) and Mandarin (81.4%) were the more preferable language skills needed for the vacancies in the Financial intermediation sector, while English was required for all the vacant posts in the Electricity, gas & water supply sector.
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