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OVER THE
SAME PERIOD, THE WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRY REPORTED LITTLE CHANGE IN EMPLOYMENT.
COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1989, EMPLOYMENT IN DECEMBER 1990 LARGEST DECREASED IN MOST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED, WITH THE RECORDED IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS, DECREASES
TEXTILES AND ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
THE
ON THE OTHER HAND, EMPLOYMENT IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS INDUSTRY SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE OVER THE SAME PERIOD.
IN THE MANUFACTURING
IN DECEMBER 1990, PER CAPITA EARNINGS COMPANIES SURVEYED INCREASED BY 14%, IN MONEY TERMS, WHEN COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1990, DUE MAINLY TO THE ISSUE OF DOUBLE-PAY AND ANNUAL BONUSES BY A NUMBER OF MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED.
OVER THIS PERIOD, INCREASES IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS WERE RECORDED IN MOST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED, PARTICULARLY IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS, TEXTILES AND THE ELECTRICAL .AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
ON THE OTHER HAND, IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY, MOST
SURVEYED MANUFACTURERS
HAD NOT YET ISSUED DOUBLE-PAY AND ANNUAL BONUSES TO THEIR EMPLOYEES AND A SLIGHT DECREASE IN EARNINGS WAS RECORDED.
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PER
CAPITA
COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1989 PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN DECEMBER 1990 INCREASED BY 11%, IN MONEY TERMS, IN THE MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SURVEYED.
PER CAPITA EARNINGS INCREASED IN ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES METAL SURVEYED, WITH SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES RECORDED IN THE FABRICATED PRODUCTS AND TEXTILES INDUSTRIES.
IT
RATES OF
SHOULD, HOWEVER, BE CAUTIONED THAT THE DIFFERENT INCREASE
WERE PER CAPITA EARNINGS AMONG THE INDUSTRIES IN
SURVEYED PARTLY AFFECTED BY THE DIFFERENCES IN THE TIMING OF ISSUE OF DOUBLE- PAY AND ANNUAL BONUSES BETWEEN 1989 AND 1990 BY SOME MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SURVEYED.
IN THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES SURVEYED, EMPLOYMENT IN
WHEN DECREASED SLIGHTLY
WITH NOVEMBER MODERATELY WHEN COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1989.
1990
COMPARED
DECEMBER
1990
AND
PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN DECEMBER 1990 INCREASED MODERATELY
NOVEMBER WITH
1990 AND SIGNIFICANTLY WHEN COMPARED WITH
WHEN
COMPARED DECEMBER 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.
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