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ON THE OTHER HAND, ORDERS DECREASED MODERATELY IN FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY, AND SLIGHTLY IN THE TEXTILES AND THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND IS MEASURED IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF MONTHS AND REFERS TO ORDERS OUTSTANDING AS AT THE END OF THE REFERENCE MONTH.
ON EMPLOYMENT, THE MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED REPORTED THAT THEIR TOTAL WORKFORCE IN NOVEMBER 1989 DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT AND 8 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1989 AND NOVEMBER 1988 RESPECTIVELY.
COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1989, EMPLOYMENT IN NOVEMBER 1989 SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE IN THE TEXTILES, PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES, BUT DECREASED SLIGHTLY 1N THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS, FOOD AND DRINKS AND WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRIES.
COMPARING NOVEMBER 1989 WITH NOVEMBER 1988, EMPLOYMENT INCREASED IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS INDUSTRY. ON THE OTHER HAND, EMPLOYMENT DECREASED IN MOST OTHER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED, WITH THE LARGEST DECREASE RECORDED IN THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.
COMPARING NOVEMBER 1989 WITH OCTOBER 1989, PER CAPITA IN THE MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SURVEYED DECREASED BY 1 PER MONEY TERMS. MODERATE DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE FOOD AND TEXTILES AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES, DUE LARGELY TO LESS IN NOVEMBER 1989 FOR OVERTIME WORK.
EARNINGS CENT IN
DRINKS, PAYMENT
WAS
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, LITTLE CHANGE IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS RECORDED IN THE WEARING APPAREL, FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS AND THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1988, PER CAPITA BARNINGS IN NOVEMBER 1989 INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, BY 17 PER CENT. WHILE PER CAPITA KARNINGS INCREASED IN MOST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED, THE LARGEST INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS, PLAST IC PRODUCTS AND THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
IN THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES SURVEYED, EMPLOYMENT IN NOVEMBER 1989 DECREASED SLIGHTLY WHEN COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1989 AND MODERATELY WHEN COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1988. PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN NOVEMBER 1989 INCREASED SLIGHTLY OVER OCTOBER 1989 BUT SUBSTANTIALLY OVER NOVEMBER 1988.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT FIGURES FOR THIS SECTOR EMPLOYEES ONLY; SITE WORKERS EMPLOYED BY LABOUR-ONLY ARE NOT INCLUDED.
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SUB-CONTRACTORS
IN THE SELECTED SERVICE SECTORS, THE OVERALL EMPLOYMENT IN NOVEMBER 1989 AS REPORTED BY THE COMPANIES SURVEYED INCREASED SLIGHTLY WHEN COMPARED WITH OCTORER 1989 AND NOVEMBER 1988. PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN NOVEMBER 1989 INCREASED SLIGHTLY OVER OCTOBER BUT SUBSTANTIALLY OVER NOVEMBER 1988.
1989
/THE PERCENTAGE