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SUNDAY, JULY 16, 1989

MAY ORDERS-ON-HAND, EMPLOYMENT AND PAYROLL FIGURES RELEASED

THE ORDERS POSITION IN MAY 1989 AS REPORTED BY THE 200 LARGEST MANUFACTURING COMPANIES WAS LOWER BY 1 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH APRIL 1989, BUT HIGHER BY 2 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH MAY 1988, ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY (SUNDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

COMPARING MAY 1989 WITH APRIL 1989, THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND DECREASED MODERATELY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY, AND TO

TO A LESSER EXTENT IN THE TEXTILES AND THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.

FABRICATED

THE ON

OTHER HAND, ORDERS SHOWED A SLIGHT INCREASE IN THE WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRY, AND WERE ALMOST UNCHANGED IN THE METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.

MAY 1989 INDUSTRY.

COMPARED WITH MAY 1988, THE ORDERS POSITION IN INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS SLIGHT INCREASES IN ORDERS WERE RECORDED IN THE WEARING APPAREL, TEXTILES AND THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.

HOWEVER, THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY REPORTED A MODERATE DROP IN ITS ORDERS POSITION.

THE

OP TERMS AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND IS MEASURED IN THE NUMBER OF MONTHS AND REFERS TO ORDERS OUTSTANDING AS AT THE END OF THE REFERENCE MONTH.

ON

EMPLOYMENT, THE MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED REPORTED THAT TOTAL WORKFORCE IN MAY 1989 REMAINED AT ABOUT THE SAME LEVEL APRIL 1989, BUT DECREASED BY 10 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH MAY

COMPARING MAY 1989 WITH APRIL 1989, EMPLOYMENT SLIGHTLY IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS AND THE TEXTILES INDUSTRIES.

METAL ELECTRONIC

AS

THEIR

IN

1988.

INCREASED

THE

PRODUCTS PRODUCTS

IN SLIGHT DECREASES IN EMPLOYMENT WERE RECORDED HOWEVER, WEARING

PLASTIC PRODUCTS APPAREL,

AND FABRICATED INDUSTRIES, EMPLOYMENT IN THE ELECTRICAL AND INDUSTRY SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE.

WITH COMPARED

MAY 1988, EMPLOYMENT IN MAY 1989 DROPPED SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY. SIGNIFICANT DECREASES PRODUCTS IN EMPLOYMENT WERE RECORDED IN THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC

THE AND THE WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRIES, AND TO A LESSER EXTENT IN ALL OTHER INDUSTRIES SURVEYED.

THE

MANUFACTURING

IN MAY 1989. PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN COMPANIES SURVEYED INCREASED, IN MONEY TERMS, BY 2 PER CENT OVER APRIL 1989 AND BY 20 PER CENT OVER MAY 1988.

INCREASED

SIGNIFICANTLY

COMPARING MAY 1989 WITH APRIL 1989, PER CAPITA EARNINGS

IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES, AND

TO A LESSER EXTENT IN THE WEARING ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.

AND APPAREL

TEXTILES AND THE

THE INCREASES