FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1992
ORDERS, EMPLOYMENT AND PER CAPITA EARNINGS FIGURES FOR JULY
THE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND FOR THE 200 LARGEST MANUFACTURERS INCREASED BY 1% IN JULY THIS YEAR OVER THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR, ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF A MONTHLY SURVEY RELEASED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
ORDERS POSITION IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY IMPROVED SIGNIFICANTLY OVER A YEAR AGO, INCREASES IN ORDERS WERE ALSO RECORDED IN THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS AND THE WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRIES.
ON THE OTHER HAND, ORDERS IN THE TEXTILES AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES DECLINED.
COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING MONTIL, ORDERS FOR THE MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED DECREASED BY 1% IN JULY. ORDERS IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY AND THOSE IN THE TEXTILES AND WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRIES DECREASED NODERATELY,
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY RECORDED A SLIGHT INCREASE IN ORDERS WHILE THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY REPORTED LITTLE CHANGE.
THE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND IS MEASURED IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF MONTHS AND REFERS TO ORDERS OUTSTANDING AS AT THE END OF THE REFERENCE MONTH.
ON EMPLOYMENT, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PARSONS ENGAGED BY THE 200 LARGEST MANUFACTURERS DECREASED BY 11% IN JULY 1992 WHEN COMPARED WITH THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR. THIS IS IN LINE WITH THE CONTINUING TREND OF RELOCATING PRODUCTION PROCESSES TO SOUTH CHINA.
HOWEVER, COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING MONTH, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS ENGAGED BY THE SURVEYED MANUFACTURERS SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE IN JULY 1992.
IN JULY 1992. PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN THE MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SURVEYED INCREASED BY 15% IN MONEY TERMS OVER THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR AND BY 1% OVER THE PRECEDING MONTH.
THE ΤΟΤΑΙ. NUMBER OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES SURVEYRÐ DECREASED MODERATELY IN JULY 1992 WHEN COMPARED WITH THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR, BUT REMAINED STABLE WHEN COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING MONTH.
PER CAPITA EARNINGA IN THE LARGE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES SURVEYED INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN JULY 1992 OVER THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR AND SLIGHTLY OVER THE PRECEDING MONTH.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT FIGURES FOR THIS INDUSTRY COVER COMPANY EMPLOYEES ONLY; SITE WORKERS EMPLOYED BY LABOUR-ONLY SUB-CONTRACTORS ARE NOT INCLUDED.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE LARGE COMPANIES IN THE SERVICE SECTOR SURVEYED INCREASED SLIGHTLY IN JULY 1992 OVER THE PRECEDING MONTH AND THE SAME MONTH LAST YEAR.
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