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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1988

REPORTED

THAT

COMPARED

THE WITH

ON EMPLOYMENT, THE MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED

BY 2 PER CENT WHEN

SEPTEMBER 1988 LEVEL WAS LOWER

AUGUST 1988 AND 6 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1987.

1988 WIFI

AUGUST

1988, SEPTEMBER COMPARING DECREASED IN ALL THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED,

AND ELECTRONIC ELECTRICAL IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND THE INDUSTRIES, AS SUMMER WORKERS RECRUITED IN THE PRECEDING THEIR JOBS.

EMPLOYMENT PARTICULARLY PRODUCTS

MONTHS LEFT

IN SEPTEMBER

1988

INDUSTRY WAS

FIRMS SURVEYED

PER CENT

IN

EMPLOYMENT 1987, COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER DECREASED IN ALL THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED. IN PARTICULAR,

PRODUCTS PLASTIC THE DECREASE IN SUBSTANTIAL.

IN EMPLOYMENT

THE

PER CAPITA

KARNINGS

IN

MANUFACTURING THE

INCREASED, IN CURRENT PRICE TERMS, BY 1 PER CENT AND 19 SEPTEMBER 1988 OVER AUGUST 1988 AND SEPTEMBER 1987 RESPECTIVELY.

PLASTIC ELECTRONIC

COMPARING SEPTEMBER 1988 WITH AUGUST 1988, PER CAPITA INCREASED MODERATELY IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS AND THE INDUSTRIES AND SLIGHTLY IN INDUSTRY.

THE

AND ELECTRICAL

EARNINGS

PRODUCTS

PRODUCTS

OVER

THE

PER

EARNINGS CAPITA COMPARISON, OF SAME PERIOD

AND SLIGHTLY IN THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY DECREASED MODERATELY IN THE

BACK-PAY WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRY, FOLLOWING THE ISSUE OF BONUSES AND

IN AUGUST FOR SALARY REVISIONS BY SOME FIRMS IN THESE TWO INDUSTRIES 1988.

SEPTEMBER INDUSTRIES

PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN + COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1987

MOST MANUFACTURING 1N 1988

SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED SURVEYED, WITH THE LARGEST INCREASES RECORDED IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS, AND ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.

JN SEPTEMBER EMPLOYMENT SECTOR, INCREASED SLIGHTLY OVER BOTH AUGUST 1983 AND SEPTEMBER 1987.

1988

IN

CONSTRUCTION THE

1988, AUGUST IN AS.

ON THE OTHER HAND, PER CAPITA EARNINGS REMAINED SAME LEVR). SEPTEMBER 1987.

BUT INCREASPD

AT ABOUT THE OVER SIGNIFICANTLY

COMPANY

FIGURES FOR THIS SECTOR COVER IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT

LABOUR-ONLY SUB-CONTRACTORS EMPLOYEES ONLY; SITE YORKERS EMPLOYED BY ARE NOT INCLUDED.

IN THE

SECTORS SERVICF

SURVEYED,

THE

OVERALL

LEVEL COMPARED

OF WITH

EMPLOYMENT IN SEPTEMBER 1988 SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE WHEN AUGUST 1988, BUT INCREASED MODERATELY OVER SEPTEMBER 1987.

INCREASED

REMAINED AT ABOUT THE WHEN SIGNIFICANTLY

PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN SEPTEMBER 1988

1988, BUT AUGUST

AS IN

SAME LEVEL COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1987.

THE PERCENTAGE