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FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1992
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ALL INDIVIDUAL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES RECORDED DECREASES NUMBER OF PERSONS ENGAGED, WITH MORE SIGNIFICANT DECLINES IN ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS, FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING MONTH, THE TOTAL WORKFORCE OF THE MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED DECREASED BY 1% IN APRIL. 1992. DECREASES WERE REPORTED IN MOST INDIVIDUAL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES.
IN APRIL 1992, PER CAPITA EARNINGS JN THE MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SURVEYED INCREASED, IN MONEY TERMS, BY 14% OVER THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.
INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN ALL INDIVIDUAL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, WITH THE LARGEST ONES IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING MONTH, PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN THE MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SURVEYED INCREASED, IN MONEY TERMS, BY 2% IN APRIL 1992.
A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE WAS REPORTED IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS INDUSTRY, DUE TO ISSUE OF BONUSES AND SALARY REVISION. OTHER INDUSTRIES REPORTING INCREASES WERE THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS, TEXTILES AND FLECTRICAL
AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
ON THE OTHER HAND, THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY REPORTED A SIGNIFICANT DROP IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS.
THIS IS, HOWEVER, DUE TO COMPARISON WITH A HIGH BASE IN THE PRECEDING MONTH, WHEN SOME OF THE MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SURVEYED I SURD BONUSES TO THEIR EMPLOYEES. A DECREASE WAS ALSO RECORDED IN THE WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRY,
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES SURVEYED CONTINUED TO DECREASE IN APRIL 1992 WHEN COMPARED WITH BOTH THE PRECEDING MONTH AND THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.
PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN APRIL 1992 OVER A YEAR AGO. AN WAS ALSO RECORDED OVER THE PRECEDING MONTH.
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SURVEYED INCREASE
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT FIGURES FOR THIS INDUSTRY COVER COMPANY FMPLOYEES ONLY; SITE WORKERS EMPLOYED BY LABOUR-ONLY SUB-CONTRACTORS ARE NOT INCLUDED.
IN THE SERVICE SECTORS, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE COMPANIES SURVEYED SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE IN APRIL 1992 WHEN CPIPARED WITH BOTH A MONTH AND A YEAR AGO.
PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN APRIL 1992 IN THE SERVICE COMPANIES SURVEYED INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.
AN EVEN SHARPER INCREASE OVER THE PRECEDING MONTH WAS RECORDED, TO THE ISSUE OF SPECIAL BONUSES BY SOME COMPANIES.
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