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ON EMPLOYMENT, THE MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED REPORTED THAT THEIR TOTAL WORKFORCE IN OCTOBER 1990 DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1990, AND BY 11 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1989.
COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1990, EMPLOYMENT IN OCTOBER 1990 DECREASED MODERATELY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY, AND TO A LESSER EXTENT IN MOST OTHER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED. OVER THE SAME PERIOD, EMPLOYMENT IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS INDUSTRY SHOWED A SLIGHT INCREASE.
COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1989, EMPLOYMENT IN OCTOBER 1990 DECREASED IN ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED, WITH THE LARGEST DECREASES RECORDED IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS, THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS, AND THE TEXTILES INDUSTRIES.
IN OCTOBER 1990, PER CAPITA BARNINGS IN THE MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SURVEYED SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE IN MONEY TERMS WHEN COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1990.
OVER THIS PERIOD, PER CAPITA EARNINGS INCREASED MODERATELY IN THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY DUE MAINLY TO THE ISSUE OF BONUSES BY SOME MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED. A SLIGHT INCREASE IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS WAS RECORDED IN THE WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRY AS MORE OVERTIME WORK WAS INCURRED IN OCTOBER 1990 TO MERT CHRISTMAS SALES BY SOME MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED.
ON THE OTHER HAND, SIGNIFICANT DECREASES IN PER CAPITA BARNINGS WERE RECORDED IN THE TEXTILES AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES, FOLLOWING THE ISSUE OF BONUSES IN SEPTEMBER 1990 BY SOME MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SURVEYED.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE FOOD AND DRINKS AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES REPORTED SLIGHT DECREASES IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS.
COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1989, PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN OCTOBER 1990 INCREASED BY 18 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 THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
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IN THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES SURVEYED, EMPLOYMENT IN OCTOBER 1990 DECREASED SLIGHTLY WHEN COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1990 AND MODERATELY WHEN COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1989.
PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN OCTOBER 1990 REMAINED ABOUT THE SAME AS IN SEPTEMBER 1990. WHILE THEY STILL SHOWED A OVER OCTOBER 1989, THE RATE OF INCREASE WAS PREVIOUS TWO MONTHS.
SIGNIFICANT INCREASE SLOWER THAN IN THE
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT FIGURES FOR THIS INDUSTRY COVER COMPANY EMPLOYEES ONLY; SITE WORKERS EMPLOYED BY LABOUR-ONLY SUB-CONTRACTORS ARE NOT INCLUDED.
EMPLOYMENT IN
IN THE SELECTED SERVICE SECTORS, THE OVERALL OCTOBER 1990 AS REPORTED BY THE COMPANIES SURVEYED SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE WHEN COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1990, BUT INCREASED SLIGHTLY COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1989.
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