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THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1989

1989 SHOWED

1988.

IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR, EMPLOYMENT IN MARCH INCREASES WHEN COMPARED WITH BOTH FEBRUARY 1989 AND MARCH CAPITA EARNINGS IN MARCH 1989 SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE WHEN WITH FEBRUARY 1989, BUT INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY OVER MARCH 1988.

SOME PER

COMPARED

COMPANY

SUB-CONTRACTORS

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT FIGURES FOR THIS SECTOR COVER EMPLOYEES ONLY: SITE WORKERS EMPLOYED BY LABOUR-ONLY ARE NOT INCLUDED.

IN THE SERVICE SECTORS SURVEYED, THE OVERALL LEVEL OF EMPLOYMENT BUT INCREASED MARCH 1989 WAS ABOUT THE SAME AS IN FEBRUARY 1989, MODERATELY WHEN COMPARED WITH MARCH 1988.

IN

INCREASED

SLIGHTLY OVER 1988 THE INCREASES WERE

PER CAPITA 1989,

BUT

IN MARCH 1989 EARNINGS

WITH MARCH COMPARED

FEBRUARY GENERALLY SUBSTANTIAL.

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

THE SURVEY COVERED A PANEL OF THE 200 IN COMPANIES AND THE 50 LARGEST COMPANIES SELECTED SERVICE SECTORS, CHOSEN BY REFERENCE SIZES IN SEPTEMBER 1986.

AND PER

LARGEST MANUFACTURING THE CONSTRUCTION AND TO THEIR EMPLOYMENT

THE DEPARTMENT CAUTIONED THAT AS THE SURVEY IS NOT BASED ON SCIENTIFICALLY SELECTED SAMPLE, THE MAGNITUDES OF CHANGE INDICATED THE SURVEY RESULTS ARE MERELY A REFLECTION OF THE EXPERIENCE COMPANIES SURVEYED.

A

BY

OF THE

ABLE

HOWEVER, GIVEN THE COMPOSITION OF THE PANEL, IT SHOULD BE TO PROVIDE A USEFUL INDICATION OF THE DIRECTION OF CHANGE FOR MAKING A QUICK ASSESSMENT OF DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ECONOMY IN THE SHORT TERM.

THE

SURVEY REPORT FOR

BUILDING, DEPARTMENT

12 HARBOUR

NOW ON SALE AT THE MARCH 1989 IS CENTRE,

POST OFFICE GENERAL PUBLICATIONS GOVERNMENT CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, AND AT THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS PUBLICATIONS SALES COUNTER, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER 1, ROAD, WAN CHAI, AT $2 PER COPY.

ABOUT ENQUIRIES

THE SURVEY

MAY RESULTS

BE MADE TO THE STATISTICS INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND DEPARTMENT ON 5-8234820.

TABLE 1

。