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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1989
THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND IS MEASURED THE NUMBER OF MONTHS AND REFERS TO ORDERS OUTSTANDING AS OF THE REFERENCE MONTH.
1989 BY
IN
TERMS OF AT THE END
THAT THEIR
WHEN
WITH
ON EMPLOYMENT. THE MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED REPORTED
SEPTEMBER TOTAL WORKFORCE IN
DECREASED
CENT BY 2 PER COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1989, AND
8 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED SEPTEMBER 1988.
WAS
WAS
SEPTEMBER 1989 SURVEYED, MORE SIGNIFICANT.
RECORDED IN
THE
COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1989, WHILE EMPLOYMENT IN
INDUSTRIES DECREASED SLIGHTLY IN MOST OF THE MANUFACTURING THE DECREASE IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY ON THE OTHER HAND, SOME INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENT FOOD AND DRINKS INDUSTRY.
COMPARING SEPTEMBER 1989 WITH SEPTEMBER 1988. EMPLOYMENT INCREASED SLIGHTLY IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS INDUSTRY.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, WHILE SLIGHT DECREASES IN EMPLOYMENT WERE RECORDED IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS AND TEXTILES SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE PLASTIC INDUSTRIES. EMPLOYMENT DECREASED MORE PRODUCTS INDUSTRY AND
EXTENT IN THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS AND WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRIES.
TO A
LESSER
THE MANUFACTURING PER CENT OVER
IN SEPTEMBER 1989, PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN
TERMS, BY 3 COMPANIES SURVEYED INCREASED, IN MONEY AUGUST 1989 AND BY 21 PER CENT OVER SEPTEMBER 1988.
COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1989. PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN SEPTEMBER AND TO 1989 INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY
AND THE A LESSER EXTENT IN THE TEXTILES
ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES. THESE INCREASES WERE PARTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO ISSUE OF SPECIAL BONUSES BY SOME COMPANIES SURVEYED.
THE
ON THE OTHER HAND. PER CAPITA EARNINGS INCREASED SLIGHTLY IN BUT THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS AND THE FOOD AND DRINKS INDUSTRIES, DECREASED MODERATELY IN THE WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRY.
CAPITA
SEPTEMBER COMPARING
1989 WITH SEPTEMBER
PER 1988, EARNINGS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES RECORDED IN THE TEXTILES AND SURVEYED, WITH THE LARGEST INCREASES PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
IN
IN THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES SURVEYED, EMPLOYMENT
WITH AUGUST 1989, SEPTEMBER 1989 SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE WHEN COMPARED
PER CAPITA BUT DECREASED SLIGHTLY WHEN COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1988.
OVER AUGUST 1989 AND EARNINGS IN SEPTEMBER 1989 INCREASED SLIGHTLY SUBSTANTIALLY WHEN COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1988.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT FIGURES FOR THIS SECTOR
LABOUR-ONLY EMPLOYEES ONLY: SITE WORKERS EMPLOYED BY ARE NOT INCLUDED.
COVER COMPANY
SUB-CONTRACTORS
/IN THE