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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1988
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS WERE RECORDED WHEN COMPARED WITH JULY 1987 PARTICULARLY IN HOTELS,
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THE PRECENTAGE CHANGES IN ORDERS-ON-HAND EMPLOYMENT AND PER CAPITA EARNINGS ARE SHOWN IN THE ATTACHED TABLES 1 TO 3.
THE SURVEY COVERED A PANEL OF THE 200 COMPANIES AND THE 50 LARGEST COMPANIES IN SELECTED SERVICE SECTORS, CHOSEN BY REFERENCE SIZES IN SEPTEMBER 1986.
LARGEST MANUFACTURING THE CONSTRUCTION AND
TO
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 то PROVIDE A USEFUL INDICATION OF THE DIRECTION OF CHANGE FOR A QUICK ASSESSMENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ECONOMY IN THE SHORT TERM.
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ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE MADE ΤΟ THE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT AT 5-8234820.
TABLE 1:
ORDERS-ON-HAND IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
INDUSTRY
ORDERS-ON-HAND
AS AT THE END OF
JULY 1988
CHANGE WHEN COMPARED WITH
JUN. 88
JUL. 87
(MONTHS)
(*)
(%)
ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
4.30
– 1
WEARING APPAREL
4.72
TEXTILES
2.36
+2
- 17
PLASTIC PRODUCTS
3.00
-5
thr
10
FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS
4.45
-3
-1
ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC
PRODUCTS
5.05
OTHERS
1.17
-1
-3
* CHANGES WITHIN +/- 0.5%
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