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ON THE OTHER HAND, PER CAPITA EARNINGS DECREASED SLIGHTLY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS
INDUSTRIES.
COMPARED WITH JULY 1989, PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN JULY 1990 IN THE MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SURVEYED INCREASED BY 18 PER CENT IN MONEY TERMS. INCREASES IN PER CAPITA BARNINGS WERE RECORDED IN ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED, WITH THE LARGEST INCREASES RECORDED IN THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
IN THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES SURVEYED, EMPLOYMENT IN JULY 1990 INCREASED SLIGHTLY WHEN COMPARED WITH JUNE 1990, BUT WAS ABOUT THE SAME AS IN JULY 1989. WHILE PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN JULY 1990 DECREASED SLIGHTLY WHEN COMPARED WITH JUNE 1990, THEY SHOWED
SIGNIFICANT INCREASE WHEN COMPARED WITH JULY 1989.
THE RELATIVELY SLOWER RATE OF INCREASE IN JULY 1990 OVER JULY 1989 THAN THE CORRESPONDING RATES RECORDED IN PREVIOUS MONTHS (FOR EXAMPLE RATE OF INCREASE IN JUNE 1990 OVER JUNE 1989) WAS PARTLY DUB TO SOME SPECIAL SALARY ADJUSTMENTS MADE IN JULY 1989 BY SOME COMPANIES SURVEYED.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT FIGURES FOR THIS INDUSTRY COVER COMPANY EMPLOYEES ONLY; SITE WORKERS EMPLOYED BY LABOUR-ONLY SUB-CONTRACTORS ARE NOT INCLUDED.
IN THE SELECTED SERVICE SECTORS, THE OVERALL EMPLOYMENT IN JULY 1990 AS REPORTED BY THE COMPANIES SURVEYED INCREASED SLIGHTLY WHEN COMPARED WITH JUNE 1990 AND JULY 1989. PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN JULY 1990 FOR THE SELECTED SERVICE SECTORS TAKEN TOGETHER INCREASED SLIGHTLY WHEN COMPARED WITH JUNE 1990.
OVER THIS PERIOD OF COMPARISON, PER CAPITA EARNINGS DROPPED BY MODERATELY IN BANKS FOLLOWING THE ISSUE OF SPECIAL BONUSES IN JUNE SOME BANKS SURVEYED, WHILE PER CAPITA EARNINGS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN HOTELS AND PUBLIC UTILITIES COMPANIES DUB MAINLY TO THE ISSUR SPECIAL BONUSES BY SOME HOTELS AND THE SALARY REVISION EFFECTED BY NUMBER OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMPANIES SURVEYED.
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COMPARED WITH JULY 1989, PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN JULY 1990 FOR THE SELECTED SERVICE SECTORS TAKEN TOGETHER INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY.
THE
PERCENTAGE CHANGES IN ORDERS-ON-HAND, EMPLOYMENT CAPITA EARNINGS ARE SHOWN IN THE ATTACHED TABLES 1 TO 3.
AND PER
THE SURVEY COVERED A PANEL OF THE 200 LARGEST MANUFACTURING COMPANIES AND THE 50 LARGEST COMPANIES IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AND SELECTED SERVICE SECTORS, CHOSEN BY REFERENCE TO THEIR SIZES IN SEPTEMBER 1988.
EMPLOYMENT
THE DEPARTMENT CAUTIONED THAT AS THE SURVEY IS NOT BASED ON A SCIENTIFICALLY SELECTED SAMPLE, THE MAGNITUDES OF CHANGE INDICATED THE SURVEY RESULTS ARE MERELY A REFLECTION OF THE EXPERIENCE OF THE COMPANIES SURVEYED.
/HOWEVER, GIVEN