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IN THE SELECTED SERVICE

SECTORS, THE

FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1990

OVERALL EMPLOYMENT IN

COMPANIES SURVEYED REMAINED ALMOST

BUT 1990,

INCREASED SLIGHTLY

BY THE MARCH 1990 AS REPORTED UNCHANGED WHEN COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY WHEN COMPARED WITH MARCH 1989.

PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN MARCH 1990 DECREASED SLIGHTLY WHEN SUBSTANTIALLY OVER MARCH COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1990, BUT INCREASED 1989 FOR THE SELECTED SERVICE SECTORS TAKEN TOGETHER.

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

AND PER

INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT

THE THE SURVEY COVERED A PANEL OF

200 LARGEST MANUFACTURING THE COMPANIES AND THE 50 LARGEST COMPANIES IN

CONSTRUCTION AND SELECTED SERVICE SECTORS, CHOSEN BY REFERENCE TO THEIR 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 MAKING

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

MARCH THE SURVEY REPORT FOR

1990 IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, AND AT THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT HARBOUR PUBLICATIONS SALES COUNTER, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER ROAD, WAN CHAI, AT $2.50 PER COPY.

ENQUIRIES ABOUT

THE

12 1,

THE

SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE MADE TO INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TEL. 823 4820.

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