T
FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1990
THAT THEIR PER CENT
ON EMPLOYMENT, THE MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED REPORTED TOTAL WORKFORCE IN MARCH 1990 DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT AND 9 WHEN COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1990 AND MARCH 1989 RESPECTIVELY.
COMPARED
WITH FEBRUARY
1990, EMPLOYMENT IN MARCH 1990 DECREASED SLIGHTLY IN ALMOST ALL THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
PRODUCTS
WHICH INDUSTRY SURVEYED, EXCEPT FOR THE PLASTIC FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENT.
SHOWED
A
IN EMPLOYMENT WITH THE PRODUCTS,
COMPARING MARCH 1990 WITH MARCH 1989, DECREASES
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES WERE RECORDED IN MOST
SURVEYED, LARGEST DECREASES RECORDED IN THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS AND WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRIES.
HOWEVER, A MODERATE INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENT WAS RECORDED IN FOOD AND DRINKS INDUSTRY OVER THE SAME PERIOD.
IN
MARCH 1990, PER COMPANIES SURVEYED INCREASED COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1990.
THE
CAPITA EARNINGS IN THE MANUFACTURING BY 7 PER CENT IN MONEY TERMS WHEN
ALL OVER THE SAME PERIOD,
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED INCREASES IN SHOWED SOME
PER CAPITA EARNINGS, WITH THE LARGEST THE TEXTILES INCREASES RECORDED IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS AND INDUSTRIES.
IN MARCH THESE INCREASES WERE DUE PARTLY TO MORE WORKING DAYS
OF THE 1990 THAN IN FEBRUARY 1990, PARTICULARLY SINCE QUITE A NUMBER
HAD THEIR CHINESE NEW MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SURVEYED STILL
YEAR HOLIDAYS IN THE EARLY PART OF FEBRUARY 1990.
COMPARING MARCH 1990 WITH MARCH 1989, THE MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SURVEYED INCREASED MONEY TERMS.
PER CAPITA
EARNINGS IN BY 18 PER CENT IN
IN INCREASES
PER CAPITA EARNINGS WERE RECORDED
SURVEYED, PARTICULARLY IN THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES METAL PRODUCTS AND THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
IN
ALL
FABRICATED
1990
IN
SURVEYED, FEBRUARY 1990,
IN
IN THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES WAS
SAME AS ALMOST THE MODERATELY WHEN COMPARED WITH MARCH 1989.
EMPLOYMENT
MARCH BUT DECREASED
OVER PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN MARCH 1990 INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY
DAYS MORE WORKING
IN MARCH THAN IN FEBRUARY 1990, MAINLY DUE TO FEBRUARY,
COMPANIES SINCE SOME PARTICULARLY
OF THE CONSTRUCTION
EARLY PART SURVEYED STILL HAD THEIR CHINESE NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS IN THE OF FEBRUARY.
WITH
MARCH 1989, PER CAPITA
ONLY;
SITE
EARNINGS NOTED THAT FIGURES FOR THIS
WORKERS EMPLOYED
BY
INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY. IT SHOULD BE
COMPARING MARCH 1990
INDUSTRY COVER
COMPANY
EMPLOYEES
LABOUR-ONLY SUB-CONTRACTORS ARE NOT INCLUDED.
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