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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1991
IN PER DECREASE
INDUSTRY, WHILE
ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, A SLIGHT CAPITA EARNINGS WAS RECORDED IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS LITTLE CHANGE WAS REPORTED IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.
IN THE COMPARED WITH OCTOBER LAST YEAR, PER CAPITA EARNINGS
IN MONEY MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SURVEYED INCREASED BY 13 PER CENT TERMS
WERE BARNINGS INCREASES IN PER CAPITA IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR. RECORDED IN ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED, PERCENTAGE
RECORDED IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INCREASES INDUSTRIES.
WITH SUBSTANTIAL
AND
TEXTILES
OCTOBER THIS YEAR
IN THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES SURVEYED, EMPLOYMENT IN THIS YEAR SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE WHEN COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER BUT DECREASED MODERATELY WHEN COMPARED WITH OCTOBER LAST YEAR.
IN
OCTOBER
INCREASED
EARNINGS PER CAPITA
THIS YEAR SIGNIFICANTLY WHEN COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR, DUE TO THE ISSUE OF SPECIAL BONUSES BY SOME COMPANIES SURVEYED.
THESE SPECIAL BONUSES ALSO AFFECT THE YEAR-ON-YEAR COMPARISON OF OCTOBER THIS YEAR WITH OCTOBER LAST YEAR, WHICH SHOWS A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT FIGURES FOR THIS INDUSTRY COVER COMPANY SUB-CONTRACTORS EMPLOYEES ONLY SITE WORKERS EMPLOYED BY LABOUR-ONLY ARE NOT INCLUDED.
SECTORS, SERVICE
THE OVERALL
LEVEL
YEAR,
OF
BUT
IN THE SELECTED EMPLOYMENT IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR AS REPORTED BY THE COMPANIES SURVEYED
THIS SHOWED
WHEN COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER LITTLE CHANGE DECREASED SLIGHTLY WHEN COMPARED WITH OCTOBER LAST YEAR.
PER
SELECTED
WITH BONUSES IN
THE FOR IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR EARNINGS CAPITA SERVICE SECTORS TAKEN TOGETHER DECREASED SLIGHTLY WHEN COMPARED
OF YEAR, SEPTEMBER
FOLLOWING THE ISSUE THIS SEPTEMBER BY SOME UTILITY COMPANIES.
SPECIAL
COMPARED WITH OCTOBER LAST YEAR, PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN OCTOBER SERVICE SECTORS THIS YEAR INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY FOR THE SELECTED TAKEN TOGETHER
INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT
SURVEY THE
COVERED A PANEL OF THE 200 LARGEST MANUFACTURING COMPANIES AND THE 50 LARGEST COMPANIES IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND SELECTED SERVICE SECTORS, CHOSEN BY REFERENCE TO THEIR SIZES IN SEPTEMBER 1986.
SAMPLE COVERED
THE DEPARTMENT POINTED OUT THAT AS THE SURVEY ONLY THE LARGE COMPANIES, THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY NOT BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE GENERAL SITUATION OF THE MANUFACTURING, CONSTRUCTION SELECTED SERVICE SECTORS.
AND THE
A
PROVIDE
A QUICK
NEVERTHELESS, THE SURVEY RESULTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO
MAKING FOR USEFUL
THE DIRECTION OF CHANGE OF INDICATION ASSESSMENT OF DEVELOPMENTS IN THESE SECTORS IN THE SHORT TERM.
/THE SURVEY