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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1988

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THE INCREASES IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS WERE MAINLY OVERTIME PAYMENTS, ISSUE OF BONUSES AND BACK-PAY FOR SALARY IN SOME FIRMS DURING THE MONTH.

1987, PER CAPITA

EARNINGS SURVEYED, THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS, METAL FABRICATED

PRODUCTS

COMPARING AUGUST 1988 WITH AUGUST INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN ALL THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES

IN RECORDED WITH THE LARGEST INCREASES

PRODUCTS, AND ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES.

AUGUST 1988 SHOWED

IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR, EMPLOYMENT IN LITTLE CHANGE WHEN COMPARED WITH BOTH JULY 1988 AND AUGUST 1987.

ON THE OTHER HAND, PER CAPITA EARNINGS INCREASED SLIGHTLY JULY 1988 AND SUBSTANTIALLY OVER AUGUST 1987.

OVER

THAT, NOTED

EMPLOYEES

FOR

ONLY;

THIS SECTOR,

THE

EMPLOYMENT

SITE WORKERS EMPLOYED BY

IT SHOULD BE FIGURES COVER COMPANY LABOUR-ONLY SUB-CONTRACTORS ARE NOT INCLUDED.

SURVEYED, THE

IN THE SERVICE SECTORS

OVERALL LEVEL

WITH EMPLOYMENT IN AUGUST 1988 INCREASED SLIGHTLY WHEN COMPARED JULY 1988 AND AUGUST 1987.

OF

BOTH

PER

CAPITA

INCREASED BY 3 PER

SIGNIFICANT DECREASE

EARNINGS CENT IN

RECORDED

FOR THE SERVICE SECTORS AUGUST 1988 OVER JULY

IN

HOTELS

FOLLOWING

AS 1988. THE

A

WHOLE

WITH A

ISSUE

OF

BONUSES IN JULY.

COMPARING AUGUST 1988 WITH AUGUST 1987,

SUBSTANTIAL

IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS WERE RECORDED IN THE SERVICE SECTORS PARTICULARLY IN PUBLIC UTILITY COMPANIES AND HOTELS.

INCREASES SURVEYED,

OVERALL, AN INCREASE OF 20 PER CENT IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS

WAS

RECORDED IN AUGUST 1988 OVER A YEAR EARLIER,

EMPLOYMENT AND PER

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

THE

THE THE SURVEY COVERED A PANEL OF

200 IN 50 LARGEST COMPANIES COMPANIES AND

BY REFERENCE SELECTED SERVICE SECTORS, CHOSEN SIZES IN SEPTEMBER 1986.

LARGEST MANUFACTURING THE

то

CONSTRUCTION

AND

THEIR EMPLOYMENT

THE DEPARTMENT AS THE SAMPLE WAS NOT DRAWN ON A RANDOM BASIS,

OF CHANGES INDICATED BY CAUTIONED THAT THE MAGNITUDES

THE SURVEY RESULTS MIGHT NOT REFLECT THE EXPERIENCE OF THE ECONOMY AS A WHOLE.

NEVERTHELESS, THESE