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THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1988

MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE AWARD OF ANNUAL BONUSES AND

DOUBLE-PAY

MOST

IN FEBRUARY 1988, PER CAPITA EARNINGS DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED IN MARCH 1988 WILEN COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING MONTH. PARTICULARLY LARGE DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE TEXTILES AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.

COMPARING MARCH 1988 WITH MARCI! 1987, PER CAPITA EARNINGS INCREASED IN ALL INDUSTRIES SURVEYED. THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS WAS RECORDED IN THE FABRICATED METAL INDUSTRY, IN WHICH ADDITIONAL BONUSES WERE ISSUED BY SOME ESTABLISHMENTS DURING THE MONTH.

PRODUCTS OF THE

INCREASED

IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR, EMPLOYMENT IN MARCH 1988 SLIGHTLY OVER FEBRUARY 1988 BUT REMAINED AT ABOUT THE SAME LEVEL AS IN MARCH 1987. PER CAPITA EARNINGS DECREASED MODERATELY COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1988 BUT INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY OVER MARCH 1987.

IN THE SERVICE SECTORS SURVEYED, THE OVERALL LEVEL OF EMPLOYMENT IN MARCH 1988 REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING MONTH BUT INCREASED SLIGHTLY OVER MARCH 1987.

PER CAPITA EARNINGS DECREASED

FEBRUARY

IN

SIGNIFICANTLY, PARTICULARLY HOTELS, WHEN COMPARED WITH

1988, FOLLOWING THE ISSUT OF ANNUAL BONUSES AND DOUBLE-PAY IN SOME OF THE ESTABLISHMENTS IN FEBRUARY 1988.

COMPARED WITH MARCH 1987, PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN THE SERVICE SECTORS SURVEYED, PARTICULARLY HOTELS, SHOWED SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN MARCH 1988. BROADLY THE SAME PATTERN OF INCREASE WAS RECORDED WHEN PER CAPITA EARNINGS FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1988 AS А WHOLE WERE COMPARED WITH THOSE IN THE SAME QUARTER IN 1987

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THE PERCENTAGE CHANGES IN ORDERS-ON-HAND, CAPITA EARNINGS ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1 TO 3.

THE SURVEY COVERED A PANEL OF THE 200 COMPANIES AND THE 50 LARGEST COMPANIES IN SELECTED SERVICES SECTORS, CHOSEN BY REFERENCE SIZES IN SEPTEMBER 1986.

EMPLOYMENT AND PER

LARGEST MANUFACTURING THE CONSTRUCTION AND

ΤΟ

THEIR EMPLOYMENT

AS THE SAMPLE WAS NOT DRAWN ON A RANDOM BASIS, THE DEPARTMENT CAUTIONED THAT THE MAGNITUDES OF CHANGES INDICATED BY THE SURVEY RESULTS MIGHT NOT REFLECT THE EXPERIENCE OF THE ECONOMY AS A WHOLE.

NEVERTHELESS, THESE ARE EXPECTED ΤΟ PROVIDE A USEFUL INDICATION OF THE DIRECTION OP CHANGE FOR A QUICK ASSESSMENT OF DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ECONOMY IN THE SHORT TERM.

THE SURVEY REPORT FOR MARCH 1988 IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL; AND AT THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS PUBLICATIONS SALES COUNTER, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHA! TOWER ROAD, WAN CRAI, AT $1.50 PER COPY.

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