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COMPARED WITH

INCREASED

FEBRUARY SUBSTANTIALLY

1987, BOTH IN ALL

EARNINGS FEBRUARY 1988, WITH THE LARGEST INCREASES AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.

PAYROLL

AND PER

CAPITA

INDUSTRIES SURVEYED IN

RECORDED IN THE TEXTILES

IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR, DECREASED SLIGHTLY WHEN COMPARED WITH BOTH JANUARY 1988 1987. PAYROLL AND PER CAPITA BARNINGS COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1988 BUT INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY 1987.

EMPLOYMENT IN FEBRUARY 1988 AND FEBRUARY DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY OVER FEBRUARY

IN THE SERVICES SECTORS SURVEYED, EMPLOYMENT IN FEBRUARY 1988 REMAINED ABOUT

THE OVERALL LEVEL OF 1988 BUT INCREASED SLIGHTLY COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1987.

THE SAME AS IN JANUARY

AND PER CAPITA EARNINGS

SIGNIFICANT DECREASES IN PAYROLL WERE RECORDED IN FEBRUARY 1988 COMPARED WITH JANUARY THE AWARD OF DOUBLE PAY AND ANNUAL BONUSES IN SOME 1988.

1988, FOLLOWING FIRMS IN JANUARY

EARNINGS SHOWED WITH PARTICULARLY LARGE

HOWEVER, BOTH PAYROLL AND PER CAPITA SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES OVER FEBRUARY 1987, INCREASE RECORDED IN HOTELS.

THE PERCENTAGE CHANGES IN ORDERS-ON-HAND, CAPITA EARNINGS ARE SHOWN IN TABLES 1 AND 2 BELOW.

EMPLOYMENT AND PER

THE SURVEY COVERED A PANEL OF THE COMPANIES AND THE

200 LARGEST MANUFACTURING 50 LARGEST COMPANIES IN SELECTED SERVICES SECTORS, CHOSEN BY

THE CONSTRUCTION AND REFERENCE SIZES IN SEPTEMBER 1986.

ΤΟ THEIR EMPLOYMENT

AS THE SAMPLE WAS NOT DRAWN ON A RANDOM BASIS, CAUTIONED THAT THE MAGNITUDE OF CHANGE INDICATED BY THE NOT REFLECT THE EXPERIENCE OF THE ECONOMY AS A WHOLE,

THE DEPARTMENT SURVEY MIGHT

PROVIDE A USEFUL QUICK ASSESSMENT OF

NEVERTHELESS, THESE RESULTS ARE EXPECTED TO INDICATION OF THE DIRECTION OF CHANGE FOR A DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ECONOMY IN THE SHORT TERM.

ON SALE AT THE BUILDING AND AT COUNTER, 19TH

THE SURVEY REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 1988 18 GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT PUBLICATIONS SALE FLOOR, WAN CHAI TOWER 1, 12 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI, AT $1.50 PER COPY.

BE MADE ΤΟ THE STATISTICS

ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND DEPARTMENT ON 5-8234820.

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