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FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1990

THAT THEIR PER CENT

ON EMPLOYMENT, THE MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED REPORTED TOTAL WORKFORCE IN MARCH 1990 DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT AND 9 WHEN COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1990 AND MARCH 1989 RESPECTIVELY.

COMPARED

WITH FEBRUARY

1990, EMPLOYMENT IN MARCH 1990 DECREASED SLIGHTLY IN ALMOST ALL THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES

PRODUCTS

WHICH INDUSTRY SURVEYED, EXCEPT FOR THE PLASTIC FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENT.

SHOWED

A

IN EMPLOYMENT WITH THE PRODUCTS,

COMPARING MARCH 1990 WITH MARCH 1989, DECREASES

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES WERE RECORDED IN MOST

SURVEYED, LARGEST DECREASES RECORDED IN THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS AND WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRIES.

HOWEVER, A MODERATE INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENT WAS RECORDED IN FOOD AND DRINKS INDUSTRY OVER THE SAME PERIOD.

IN

MARCH 1990, PER COMPANIES SURVEYED INCREASED COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1990.

THE

CAPITA EARNINGS IN THE MANUFACTURING BY 7 PER CENT IN MONEY TERMS WHEN

ALL OVER THE SAME PERIOD,

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED INCREASES IN SHOWED SOME

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

IN MARCH THESE INCREASES WERE DUE PARTLY TO MORE WORKING DAYS

OF THE 1990 THAN IN FEBRUARY 1990, PARTICULARLY SINCE QUITE A NUMBER

HAD THEIR CHINESE NEW MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SURVEYED STILL

YEAR HOLIDAYS IN THE EARLY PART OF FEBRUARY 1990.

COMPARING MARCH 1990 WITH MARCH 1989, THE MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SURVEYED INCREASED MONEY TERMS.

PER CAPITA

EARNINGS IN BY 18 PER CENT IN

IN INCREASES

PER CAPITA EARNINGS WERE RECORDED

SURVEYED, PARTICULARLY IN THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES METAL PRODUCTS AND THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.

IN

ALL

FABRICATED

1990

IN

SURVEYED, FEBRUARY 1990,

IN

IN THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES WAS

SAME AS ALMOST THE MODERATELY WHEN COMPARED WITH MARCH 1989.

EMPLOYMENT

MARCH BUT DECREASED

OVER PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN MARCH 1990 INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY

DAYS MORE WORKING

IN MARCH THAN IN FEBRUARY 1990, MAINLY DUE TO FEBRUARY,

COMPANIES SINCE SOME PARTICULARLY

OF THE CONSTRUCTION

EARLY PART SURVEYED STILL HAD THEIR CHINESE NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS IN THE OF FEBRUARY.

WITH

MARCH 1989, PER CAPITA

ONLY;

SITE

EARNINGS NOTED THAT FIGURES FOR THIS

WORKERS EMPLOYED

BY

INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY. IT SHOULD BE

COMPARING MARCH 1990

INDUSTRY COVER

COMPANY

EMPLOYEES

LABOUR-ONLY SUB-CONTRACTORS ARE NOT INCLUDED.

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