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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1989

IN THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES SURVEYED, EMPLOYMENT IN JULY 1989 1989 PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN JULY WAS ABOUT THE SAME AS IN JUNE 1989.

IN SOME INCREASED

OVER JUNE 1989 DUE TO SALARY REVISION MODERATELY

1988, EMPLOYMENT COMPANIES SURVEYED. COMPARING JULY 1989 WITH JULY DROPPED SLIGHTLY WHILE PER CAPITA EARNINGS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY.

SUB-CONTRACTORS

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

THE

IN THE SELECTED SERVICE SECTORS, THE OVERALL EMPLOYMENT IN JULY AND 1989 IN THE COMPANIES SURVEYED INCREASED SLIGHTLY OVER JUNE 1989 MODERATELY OVER JULY 1988. IN JULY 1989, PER CAPITA EARNINGS FOR SERVICE SECTORS TAKEN TOGETHER INCREASED SLIGHTLY WHEN COMPARED JUNE 1989.

WITH

PER 1988. JULY

CAPITA EARNINGS WITH COMPARING JULY 1989 INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY FOR THE SERVICE SECTORS TAKEN TOGETHER.

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

AND PER

IN

LARGEST MANUFACTURING THE CONSTRUCTION AND ΤΟ THEIR EMPLOYMENT

THE SURVEY COVERED A PANEL OF THE 200

AND THE 50 COMPANIES

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

THE DEPARTMENT CAUTIONED THAT AS THE SURVEY IS NOT BASED ON SCIENTIFICALLY SELECTED SAMPLE, THE MAGNITUDES OF CHANGE INDICATED 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 DEVELOPMENT IN THE ECONOMY IN THE SHORT TERM.

SURVEY THE

REPORT

FOR

ON SALE AT THE NOW 1980 IS JULY GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR. GPO BUILDING,

AND CENSUS

STATISTICS THE AND AT PLACE, CENTRAL, PUBLICATIONS SALES COUNTER, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER 1. ROAD, WAN CHAI, AT 32 PER COPY.

ABOUT ENQUIRIES

THE SURVEY

MAY RESULTS

CONNAUGHT DEPARTMENT 12 HARBOUR

BE MADE TO THE STATISTICS

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND DEPARTMENT ON TEL. 5-8234820.

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