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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1992
THEIR ON EMPLOYMENT, THE SURVEYED MANUFACTURERS REPORTED THAT
ONE PER CENT WHEN TOTAL WORKFORCE IN DECEMBER 1991 DECREASED BY
COMPARED WITH COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1991, AND BY 10 PER CENT WHEN DECEMBER 1990.
COMPARED
WITH
NOVEMBER
1991,
EMPLOYMENT
IN
DECEMBER
1991 LESSER
DECREASED MODERATELY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY AND TO A EXTENT IN MOST OTHER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED.
1990,
EMPLOYMENT
DECEMBER
1991
DECREASES AND ELECTRONIC
IN COMPARED WITH DECEMBER DECREASED IN ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, WITH SUBSTANTIAL RECORDED IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND THE ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
THE MANUFACTURING
MONEY TERMS DOUBLE-
IN DECEMBER 1991, PER CAPITA EARNINGS FOR COMPANIES SURVEYED INCREASED SHARPLY BY 17 PER CENT IN WHEN COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1991, DUE MAINLY TO THE ISSUE OF PAY AND ANNUAL BONUSES BY A NUMBER OF MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED.
IN
PER
EARNINGS
CAPITA OVER
INCREASES THIS PERIOD, RECORDED IN ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, WITH SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES RECORDED IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS, FABRICATED METAL TEXTILES, WEARING APPAREL AND THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES.
EARNINGS CAPITA 1990, PER DECEMBER COMPARED WITH
COMPANIES SURVEYED INCREASED BY 17 PER CENT
MANUFACTURING TERMS IN DECEMBER 1991.
WERE
PERCENTAGE PRODUCTS, PRODUCTS
THE FOR IN MONEY
WERE EARNINGS
MOST RECORDED IN CAPITA INCREASES IN PER
INCREASES PERCENTAGE. SUBSTANTIAL WITH INDUSTRIES, MANUFACTURING
PLASTIC PRODUCTS, THE RECORDED IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS, ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS AND WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRIES.
THE THE COMPARISON AMONG INDUSTRIES WAS, HOWEVER, AFFECTED BY
ANNUAL BONUSES DIFFERENCE IN THE TIMING OF ISSUE OF DOUBLE-PAY AND BETWEEN 1990 AND 1991 BY SOME MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SURVEYED.
IN THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES SURVEYED, EMPLOYMENT IN 1991 DECREASED BY ONE PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER FIVE PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1990.
THE FOR
DECEMBER 1991 AND
CONSTRUCTION
THE
PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN DECEMBER 1991 SECTOR INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY WHEN COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1991. INCREASE WAS DUE TO THE ISSUE OF DOUBLE-PAY AND ANNUAL BONUSES BY SOMB COMPANIES SURVEYED. COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1990, PER CAPITA FOR THIS SECTOR ALSO INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY.
EARNINGS
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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