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THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1989
1989 SHOWED
1988.
IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR, EMPLOYMENT IN MARCH INCREASES WHEN COMPARED WITH BOTH FEBRUARY 1989 AND MARCH CAPITA EARNINGS IN MARCH 1989 SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE WHEN WITH FEBRUARY 1989, BUT INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY OVER MARCH 1988.
SOME PER
COMPARED
COMPANY
SUB-CONTRACTORS
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT FIGURES FOR THIS SECTOR COVER EMPLOYEES ONLY: SITE WORKERS EMPLOYED BY LABOUR-ONLY ARE NOT INCLUDED.
IN THE SERVICE SECTORS SURVEYED, THE OVERALL LEVEL OF EMPLOYMENT BUT INCREASED MARCH 1989 WAS ABOUT THE SAME AS IN FEBRUARY 1989, MODERATELY WHEN COMPARED WITH MARCH 1988.
IN
INCREASED
SLIGHTLY OVER 1988 THE INCREASES WERE
PER CAPITA 1989,
BUT
IN MARCH 1989 EARNINGS
WITH MARCH COMPARED
FEBRUARY GENERALLY SUBSTANTIAL.
THE PERCENTAGE CHANGES IN ORDERS-ON-HAND, EMPLOYMENT CAPITA EARNINGS ARE SHOWN IN THE ATTACHED TABLES 1 TO 3.
THE SURVEY COVERED A PANEL OF THE 200 IN COMPANIES AND THE 50 LARGEST COMPANIES SELECTED SERVICE SECTORS, CHOSEN BY REFERENCE SIZES IN SEPTEMBER 1986.
AND PER
LARGEST MANUFACTURING THE CONSTRUCTION AND TO THEIR EMPLOYMENT
THE DEPARTMENT CAUTIONED THAT AS THE SURVEY IS NOT BASED ON SCIENTIFICALLY SELECTED SAMPLE, THE MAGNITUDES OF CHANGE INDICATED THE SURVEY RESULTS ARE MERELY A REFLECTION OF THE EXPERIENCE COMPANIES SURVEYED.
A
BY
OF THE
ABLE
HOWEVER, GIVEN THE COMPOSITION OF THE PANEL, IT SHOULD BE TO PROVIDE A USEFUL INDICATION OF THE DIRECTION OF CHANGE FOR MAKING A QUICK ASSESSMENT OF DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ECONOMY IN THE SHORT TERM.
THE
SURVEY REPORT FOR
BUILDING, DEPARTMENT
12 HARBOUR
NOW ON SALE AT THE MARCH 1989 IS CENTRE,
POST OFFICE GENERAL PUBLICATIONS GOVERNMENT CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, AND AT THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS PUBLICATIONS SALES COUNTER, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER 1, ROAD, WAN CHAI, AT $2 PER COPY.
ABOUT ENQUIRIES
THE SURVEY
MAY RESULTS
BE MADE TO THE STATISTICS INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND DEPARTMENT ON 5-8234820.
TABLE 1
。