1.   In addition we were forced to reduce the total workforce by almost a third during the course of the year due to market conditions.

2.   Figures on the total workforce for July were delayed, the Wiesbaden-based Federal Statistics Office said.

3.   New York has more of the total workforce tied up in local government than other large, industrialized state.

4.   About half its total workforce are in Penang.

5.   In addition, the percentage of science and technical graduates to the total workforce has to be at least seven per cent.