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FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1990

AND YEAR-END SOME MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED HAD THEIR DOUBLE-PAY

THUS, BONUSES ISSUED IN FEBRUARY LAST YEAR, BUT IN JANUARY THIS YEAR.

THE

PER AVERAGE TO COMPARE IT SHOULD BE MORE MEANINGFUL

WITH COMBINED, JANUARY

FEBRUARY 1990 AND EATNINGS FOR CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR THE SAME PERIOD IN 1989.

FOR JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 1990 TAKEN TOGETHER, THE CAPITA EARNINGS IN THE MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SURVEYED 18 PER CENT IN MONEY TERMS OVER THE SAME PERIOD IN 1989.

CAPITA THE

AVERAGE PER INCREASED BY

SURVEYED REPORTED SIGNIFICANT ALL

INDUSTRIES MANUFACTURING

RECORDED INCREASES IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS, WITH THE LARGEST INCREASES IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.

BOTH

JANUARY

IN THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES SURVEYED, EMPLOYMENT IN

COMPARED WITH 1990 DECREASED SLIGHTLY WHEN FEBRUARY 1989.

1990

FEBRUARY AND

TAKEN THE AVERAGE PER CAPITA EARNINGS FOR JANUARY AND FEBRUARY

1989. 1990 OVER

BE IT SHOULD TOGETHER INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN

COMPANY EMPLOYEES ONLY; NOTED THAT FIGURES FOR THIS INDUSTRY COVER SITE WORKERS EMPLOYED BY LABOUR-ONLY SUB-CONTRACTORS ARE NOT INCLUDED.

THE OVERALL SECTORS,

IN EMPLOYMENT IN THE SELECTED SERVICE

SURVEYED REMAINED ALMOST FEBRUARY 1990 AS REPORTED BY THE COMPANIES

1990, JANUARY

BUT

SLIGHTLY INCREASED UNCHANGED WHEN COMPARED WITH

FOR WHEN COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1989. THE AVERAGE PER CAPITA EARNINGS

OVER J.NUARY AND FEBRUARY 1990 TAKEN TOGETHER INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME PERIOD IN 1989 IN MOST SERVICE SECTORS SURVEYED.

EMPLOYMENT AND PER

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

THE 200 THE SURVEY COVERED A PANEL of

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

LARGEST MANUFACTURING THE CONSTRUCTION BY REFERENCE TO THEIR EMPLOYMENT

AND

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.

THE

FOR

IS ON 1990 FEBRUARY

SALE AT THE SURVEY REPORT

GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GOVERNMENT

DEPARTMENT CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, AND AT THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS

1, 12 HARBOUR PUBLICATIONS SALES COUNTER, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER ROAD, WAN CHAI, AT $2.50 PER COPY.

ENQUIRIES

ABOUT THE

SURVEY

RESULTS

BE MAY

MADE TO

STATISTICS

THE

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND DEPARTMENT AT 823 4820.

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