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FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1988

WITH MAY

1988,

COMPARING JUNE 1988

THE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND INCREASED SLIGHTLY IN THE WEARING APPAREL AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES, BUT DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE TEXTILES AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.

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COMPARED WITH JUNE 1987, THE ORDERS POSITION IN JUNE 1988 DROPPED SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY, AND TO A LESSER EXTENT IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRIES, WHILE THAT IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY INCREASED SLIGHTLY.

THE ORDERS POSITION IN THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY IN JUNE 1988 SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE WHEN COMPARED WITH MAT 1988 AND JUNE 1987.

THE AVERAGE 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.

COMPARED WITH MAY 1988, EMPLOYMENT INCREASED MODERATELY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES AND SLIGHTLY IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS AND THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES IN JUNE 1988.

SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY AND MODERATELY

IN THE

COMPARING JUNE 1988 WITH JUNB 1987, EMPLOYMENT DECREASED

WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRY, WHILE THAT IN THE TEXTILES AND THE

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES DECREASED SLIGHTLY.

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OVER THE SAME PERIOD, RECORDED IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS INDUSTRIES.

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SLIGHT INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENT AND THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS

COMPARED WITH MAY 1988, PER CAPITA BARNINGS IN JUNE 1988 INCREASED MODERATELY IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS INDUSTRY AND SLIGHTLY IN THE WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRY, BUT DECREASED MODERATELY IN THE TEXTILES AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES AND SLIGHTLY IN ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.

THE

COMPARING JUNK 1988 WITH JUNE 1987, PER CAPITA EARNINGA INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN ALL THE INDUSTRIES SURVEYED.

IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR, EMPLOYMENT IN JUNE 1988 WAS AT ABOUT THE SAME LEVEL AS IN MAY 1988 BUT DECREASED SLIGHTLY WHEN COMPARED WITH JUNE 1987. ON THE OTHER HAND, PER CAPITA EARNINGS INCREASED SLIGHTLY OVER MAY 1988 AND SUBSTANTIALLY OVER JUNE 1987.

IT IS TO BE NOTED THAT, FOR THIS SECTOR, THE EMPLOYMENT FIGURES COVER COMPANY EMPLOYEES ONLY: SITE WORKERS EMPLOYED BY LABOUR-ONLY SUB-CONTRACTORS ARE NOT INCLUDED.

IN THE SERVICE SECTORS SURVEYED, THE OVERALL LEVEL OF

SLIGHTLY EMPLOYMENT IN JUNE 1988 INCREASED

WHEN COMPARED WITH MAY 1988 AND JUNE 1987. PER CAPITA BARNINGS IN JUNE 1988 REMAINED AT ABOUT THE SAME LEVEL AS IN MAY 1988 BUT INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY, PARTICULARLY IN HOTELS, WHEN COMPARED WITH JUNE 1987.

THE PERCENTAGE