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SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1989

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PER CAPITA EARNINGS

SURVEYED,

THE

COMPARING JANUARY 1989 WAS JANUARY 1988,

SECTORS SERVICE

WITH INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN ALL LARGEST INCREASE RECORDED IN HOTELS, BUT AGAIN SUCH A COMPARISON AFFECTED BY THE TIMING FOR THE ISSUE OF BONUSES AND DOUBLE-PAY.

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

IS

EMPLOYMENT AND PER

CONSTRUCTION

AND

THE 200 LARGEST MANUFACTURING

IN COMPANIES

THE BY REFERENCE TO THEIR EMPLOYMENT

THE SURVEY COVERED A PANEL OF

LARGEST COMPANIES AND THE 50 SELECTED SERVICE SECTORS, CHOSEN SIZES IN SEPTEMBER 1986.

INDICATED BY

AS THE SURVEY IS NOT BASED ON A SCIENTIFICALLY SELECTED SAMPLE, THE DEPARTMENT CAUTIONED THAT THE MAGNITUDES OF CHANGE

OF THE COMPANIES THE SURVEY RESULTS CAN ONLY REFLECT THE EXPERIENCE SURVEYED; NEVERTHELESS THESE COULD PROVIDE A USEFUL INDICATION OF OF DEVELOPMENTS IN DIRECTION OF CHANGE FOR A QUICK ECONOMY IN THE SHORT TERM.

ASSESSMENT

THE THE

IS 1989

NOW ON SALE AT THE CONNAUGHT PLACE, STATISTICS DEPARTMENT PUBLICATIONS 1, 12 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN

THE SURVEY REPORT FOR JANUARY GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GPO BUILDING, CENTRAL, AND AT THE CENSUS AND SALES COUNTER, 19TH FLOOR, WAN CHAI TOWER CHAI, AT $2 PER COPY.

SURVEY

RESULTS SECTION

MAY

ΤΟ BE OF THE CENSUS

MADE

THE

AND

ABOUT ENQUIRIES

THE

INDUSTRIAL

STATISTICS PRODUCTION STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON 5-8234820.

TABLE 1: ORDERS-ON-HAND IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES

INDUSTRY

ORDERS-ON-HAND

AS AT THE END OF JAN. 1989

CHANGE WHEN COMPARED WITH

DEC. 88

JAN. 88

(MONTHS)

(%)

(%)

ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES

4.38

+1

+1

WEARING APPAREL

4.72

- 1

TEXTILES

2.42

+3

-14

PLASTIC PRODUCTS

3.03

+25

-4

FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS

4.60

-1

+9

/ELECTRICAL AND