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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1989

THE OVERALL

EMPLOYMENT

IN ABOUT THE SAME AS IN 1988. PER CAPITA

IN THE SELECTED SERVICE SECTORS. SEPTEMBER 1989 IN THE COMPANIES SURVEYED WAS AUGUST 1989. BUT INCREASED SLIGHTLY OVER SEPTEMBER EARNINGS IN SEPTEMBER 1989 INCREASED SLIGHTLY

FOR 1988 SEPTEMBER SUBSTANTIALLY OVER TOGETHER.

THE

OVER AUGUST 1989 AND SECTORS TAKEN SERVICE

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

EMPLOYMENT AND PER

LARGEST MANUFACTURING THE CONSTRUCTION

TO THEIR

AND

EMPLOYMENT

THE 200 THE SURVEY COVERED A PANEL OF

LARGEST COMPANIES IN 50 COMPANIES AND THE

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

ON A

BY

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

EXPERIENCE OF THE THE SURVEY RESULTS ARE MERELY A REFLECTION OF THE COMPANIES SURVEYED.

ABLE FOR MAKING

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

AT BUILDING, DEPARTMENT 1. 12 HARBOUR

THE

ON NOW

SALE THE SURVEY REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 1989 IS

GROUND

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

SURVEY RESULTS

MAY

BE

MADE

TO THE STATISTICS

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

INDUSTRY

TABLE 1: ORDERS-ON-HAND IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES

ORDERS-ON-HAND

AS AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER 1989

CHANGE WHEN COMPARED WITH

AUG. 89

SEP. 88

{MONTHS}

(%)

{

ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES

4.28

WEARING APPAREL

TEXTILES

**

4.77

+3

2.22

-5

-3

/PLASTIC PRODUCT