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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1984

ORDERS-ON-HAND STAY HIGH

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THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND IN TERMS OF MONTHS IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR REMAINED AT A HIGH LEVEL IN JUNE THIS YEAR ACCORDING TO SURVEY RESULTS RELEASED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MANUFACTURERS IN MOST INDUSTRIES REPORTED INCREASES IN THE

VOLUME OF ORDERS, COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS MONTH.

THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY SHOWED THE MOST SIGNIFICANT INCREASE AS SEVERAL FIRMS RECEIVED MORE NEW ORDERS.

ON THE OTHER HAND, THE TEXTILES AND ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES REPORTED DECLINES IN ORDERS.

INCREASES IN EMPLOYMENT WERE RECORDED IN MOST INDUSTRIES IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, MAINLY DUE TO THE RECRUITMENT OF SUMMER WORKERS.

HOWEVER, THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY REPORTED NO CHANGE IN THE LEVEL OF EMPLOYMENT.

EMPLOYMENT IN THE SERVICES SECTOR ALSO SHOWED NO CHANGE FROM THE PREVIOUS MONTH.

IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR, THE NUMBER OF OPERATIVES INCREASED AS A FEW FIRMS STARTED NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS MONTH, PAYROLL FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR AS A WHOLE ROSE. HOWEVER, THERE WAS A DECREASE IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS MAINLY BECAUSE OF LOWER WAGE RATES OFFERED TO THE SUMMER WORKERS.

FOR THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY, BOTH PAYROLL AND PER CAPITA EARNINGS FELL SIGNIFICANTLY AFTER THE INCREASE IN MAY.

WITHIN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, THE FOOD AND DRINKS INDUSTRY WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT RECORDED INCREASES IN BOTH PAYROLL AND PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN JUNE.

PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR DECREASED, TO LESS PAYMENTS FOR OVERTIME WORK.

ON THE OTHER HAND, BOTH PAYROLL AND PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN THE SERVICES SECTOR AS A WHOLE WAS STABLE.

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THE PERCENTAGE CHANGES IN ORDERS-ON-HAND, EMPLOYMENT AND PER CAPITA EARNINGS FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS ARE SHOWN IN TWO TABLES BELOW.

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