Bulletin Spring‧Summer Autumn‧Winter 1999

before, the percentages being 17.4 per cent in 1988 and 23.3 per cent in 1989. The computer profession remained very attractive and absorbed about 88 per cent of th e computer majors, 31 per cent of the physics majors, 28 per cent of the mathematics majors, 15 per cent of the electronics majors and 12 per cent of the statistics majors. Social Science Graduates For the social science graduates, commerce and industry continued to be the major occupation sector despite a slight drop in the percentage of graduates employed in that sector (from 47.3 per cent in 1988 to 44.6 per cent in 1989). The percentage of social science graduates joining the civil service also declined from 16.8 per cent to 13.6 per cent. On the other hand, those who joined the education sector increased from 12.8 per cent to 19 per cent. T he Emp l o y e rs About 40 per cent of the graduates working in the business sector were employed by local companies, a drop of about one per cent from the figure o f 1988. The rest were working in companies owned by Ame r i can (18.8 per cent), B r i t i sh (18.2 per cent), Japanese (8.4 per cent), PRC (5.5 per cent) and other (9.4 per cent) interests. Of those who became secondary school teachers, 83 per cent were teaching in subsidized schools, and 5.6 per cent in private schools. T e r m s a n d C o n d i t i o n s o f Em p l o y m e nt The median mon t h ly salary showed an increase of 23.1 per cent over the previous year's figure. The median monthly salaries for graduates entering th e government, the education sector, the Major Career Fields for Arts Graduates Career Field Percentage 1989 1988 Teaching 59.2 57.1 Administration/Management 11.2 10.9 Marketing 3.9 4.3 Mass Communication 3.9 6.5 Import/Export 2.4 1.1 Major Career Fields for Business Administration Graduates Percentage Career Field 1989 1988 Accounting 25.7 24.1 Administration/Management 22.9 15.9 Banking 15.7 22.7 Marketing 11.0 13.5 Teaching 4.8 3.9 Major Career Fields for Science Graduates Career Field Percentage 1989 1988 Computer 31.4 30.5 Teaching 21.9 16.6 Marketing 10.8 17.4 Electronic Engineering 10.8 12.4 Administration/Management 6.3 5.8 Major Career Fields for Social Science Graduates Career Field Percentage 1989 1988 Social Services 19.4 29.3 Teaching 17.3 12.9 Administration/Management 14.4 11.2 Marketing 8.7 9.2 Banking 6.2 10.2 s t u d e n t s 2 0 -