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IN
COMPARING APRIL 1989 WITH MARCH 1989, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES
TEXTILES, AND PER CAPITA EARNINGS OCCURRED IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS,
HOWEVER. PER CAPITA ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
METAL FABRICATED
PRODUCTS EARNINGS DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE INDUSTRY. AND SLIGHTLY IN THE WEARING APPAREL AND THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
APRIL 1989
COMPARED WITH APRIL 1988, PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN
SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED
IN ALMOST ALL
INDUSTRIES MANUFACTURING SURVEYED, WITH THE LARGEST INCREASES RECORDED IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS, FOOD AND DRINKS, AND ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
INCREASED IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR, EMPLOYMENT IN APRIL 1989 SLIGHTLY WHEN COMPARED WITH MARCH 1989 AND MODERATELY OVER APRIL 1988. MODERATE INCREASE WHEN PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN APRIL 1989 SHOWED A COMPARED WITH MARCH 1989. BUT INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY OVER APRIL 1988.
NOTED BE IT SHOULD
THAT FIGURES FOR THIS SECTOR COVER COMPANY EMPLOYEES ONLY SITE WORKERS EMPLOYED BY LABOUR-ONLY ARE NOT INCLUDED.
SUB-CONTRACTORS
IN
SERVICE THE
SECTORS SURVEYED,
THE
LEVEL OF OVERALL
MARCH 1989, BUT PER CAPITA 1988.
EMPLOYMENT IN APRIL 1989 WAS ABOUT THE SAME AS IN
APRIL INCREASED MODERATELY WHEN COMPARED WITH EARNINGS IN APRIL 1989 INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY OVER MARCH 1989 AS WELL AS APRIL 1988. THIS WAS DUE MAINLY TO SPECIAL BONUSES BEING ISSUED BY SOME OF THE COMPANIES IN APRIL 1989.
THE PERCENTAGE CHANGES IN ORDERS-ON-HAND, EMPLOYMENT CAPITA EARNINGS ARE SHOWN IN THE ACCOMPANYING TABLES 1 TO 3.
AND PER
SURVEY THE
COVERED A PANEL OF THE 200
IN 50 LARGEST COMPANIES COMPANIES AND THE SELECTED SERVICE SECTORS, CHOSEN BY REFERENCE SIZES IN SEPTEMBER 1986.
LARGEST THE CONSTRUCTION
TO THEIR EMPLOYMENT
MANUFACTURING
AND
A
BY
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 OF THE COMPANIES SURVEYED. HOWEVER, GIVEN THE COMPOSITION OF THE PANEL. IT THE DIRECTION OF SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A USEFUL INDICATION OF CHANGE FOR MAKING A QUICK ASSESSMENT OF DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ECONOMY IN THE SHORT TERM.
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