WERE THE
OVER THIS PERIOD, ONLY SLIGHT INCREASES IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS RECORDED IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS, FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS AND ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES. THE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND TEXTILES INDUSTRIES WERE MAINLY DUE TO THE ISSUE OF BONUSES BY SOME COMPANIES SURVEYED.
ON THE OTHER HAND, PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN THE WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRY DECREASED MODERATELY IN SEPTEMBER 1990 WHEN COMPARED WITH AUGUST
FOLLOWING THE ISSUE OF BONUSES IN AUGUST BY SOME COMPANIES SURVEYED.
1990,
COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1989, PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN SEPTEMBER 1990 INCREASED BY 15 PER CENT IN MONEY TERMS
IN THE MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SURVEYED. INCREASES IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS WERE RECORDED IN ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED, WITH THE LARGEST INCREASES RECORDED IN THE TEXTILES, FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
IN THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES SURVEYED, EMPLOYMENT IN SEPTEMBER 1990 DECREASED SLIGHTLY WHEN COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1990 AND SEPTEMBER 1989. PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN SEPTEMBER 1990 DECREASED SLIGHTLY WHEN COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1990, BUT SHOWED A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OVER SEPTEMBER 1989.
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
EMPLOYMENT IN
SELECTED SERVICE SECTORS, THE OVERALL SEPTEMBER 1990
SHOWED AS REPORTED BY THE COMPANIES SURVEYED
LITTLE CHANGE WHEN COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1990, BUT INCREASED SLIGHTLY WHEN COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1989.
IN SEPTEMBER 1990, PER CAPITA EARNINGS FOR THE SELECTED SERVICE SECTORS TAKEN TOGETHER INCREASED SLIGHTLY WHEN COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1990. A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS WAS RECORDED IN THE PUBLIC UTILITY COMPANIES OVER THIS PERIOD, MAINLY DUE TO THE ISSUE OF BONUSES IN SEPTEMBER.
COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1989, PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN SEPTEMBER 1990 INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY FOR ALL THE SERVICE SECTORS SURVEYED.
THE
EMPLOYMENT PERCENTAGE CHANGES IN ORDERS-ON-HAND, CAPITA EARNINGS ARE SHOWN IN 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 EMPLOYMENT SIZES IN SEPTEMBER 1986.
THE DEPARTMENT CAUTIONED THAT AS THE SURVEY IS NOT BASED ON SCIENTIFICALLY SELECTED SAMPLE, THE MAGNITUDES OF CHANGE INDICATED
SURVEY RESULTS ARE MERELY A REFLECTION OF THE EXPERIENCE OF COMPANIES SURVEYED.
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