FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1992
LOOKING AHEAD, MANUFACTURERS GENERALLY EXPECT A FURTHER SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT IN BOTH RESPECTS IN THE FOLLOWING QUARTER.
WHILE KEEN PRICE COMPETITION REMAINED THE MOSTLY QUOTED PROBLEM, THERE WAS ALSO AN INCREASING CONCERN OVER THE RISING LOCAL LABOUR COST AMONG THE MANUFACTURERS.
THE GENERAL BUSINESS SITUATION AND CAPACITY UTILISATION FOR THE PRINTING INDUSTRY CONTINUED то IMPROVE IN THE THIRD QUARTER, REFLECTING A CONTINUED BOOMING OF THE INDUSTRY.
THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY EXPERIENCED AN EXPECTED SEASONAL IMPROVEMENT IN THE GENERAL BUSINESS SITUATION AND CAPACITY UTILISATION IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE BUSINESS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER IS NORMALLY QUIETER THAN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER, MANUFACTURERS IN THE INDUSTRY GENERALLY EXPECT THAT THE IMPROVED SITUATION WILL REMAIN IN THE FOLLOWING QUARTER.
FOR THE WATCHES AND CLOCKS INDUSTRY, THERE WAS A BETTER THAN EXPECTED IMPROVEMENT IN BOTH THE GENERAL BUSINESS SITUATION AND CAPACITY UTILISATION.
NEVERTHELESS, MANUFACTURERS IN THIS INDUSTRY WERE INCREASINGLY CONCERNED AROUT THE UNCERTAINTIES IN EXCHANGE RATES, IN THE LIGHT OF THE LARGE FLUCTUATIONS RECENTLY SEEN IN THE EXCHANGE RATES OF SOME MAJOR EUROPEAN CURRENCIES.
IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR, THE GENERAL BUSINESS SITUATION REMAINED - THE SAME IN THE THIRD QUARTER, WHILE THE UTILISATION OF CAPACITY IMPROVED SLIGHTLY.
LOOKING AHEAD, A SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT IN THE FOLLOWING QUARTER IS, EXPECTED, NOTWITHSTANDING THE CONCERN AMONG CONSTRUCTORS OVER LOCAL PRICE COMPETITION AND THE LOCAL LABOUR MARKET.
AS' REGARDS THE WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES, THE GENERAL BUSINESS SITUATION IMPROVED IN THE THIRD QUARTER AND A FURTHER IMPROVEMENT IN THE FOLLOWING QUARTER IS EXPECTED.
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THIS IS MAINLY RELATED TO THE SEASONAL INCREASE IN RETAIL SALES THE +LATTER HALF OF THE YEAR.
KEEN PRICE COMPETITION AND HIGH RENTALS REMAINED THE MAJOR BUSINESS: PROBLEM FOR THE TRADES, AND HIGH RENTALS POR PREMISES CONTINUET TO BE ALSO WIDELY REPORTED BY RETAILERS,
THE GENERAL BUSINESS SITUATION FOR RESTAURANT OPERATORS IMPROVED IN THE THIRD QUARTER AS BUSINESS STARTED TO PICK UP FROM LOW SEASON IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER.
THE SITUATION IS EXPECTED TO IMPROVE FURTHER DURING A HIGH SEASON OF THE FOURTH QUARTER. HIGH STAFF TURNOVER REMAINED THE MAJOR BUSINESS PROBLEM FOR RESTAURANT OPERATORS.
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