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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1990

ELECTRICAL AND

5,781

+2

+18

ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS

OTHERS

7,602

+1

+14

CONSTRUCTION #

8,483

+4

+15

SERVICES

BANKS

HOTELS

PUBLIC UTILITIES

OTHERS

* CHANGES WITHIN +/- 0.5%

10,320

+

+1

+15

9,427

+13

6,398

-15

+13

10,203

-2

+17

12, 189

+9

+15

PER CAPITA EARNINGS COVER COMPANY EMPLOYEES ONLY; SITE WORKERS EMPLOYED BY LABOUR-ONLY SUB-CONTRACTORS ARE NOT INCLUDED.

NOTES TO TABLES 1-3: UNLIKE

.

"ORDERS-ON-HAND"

AND

"PER CAPITA EARNINGS" WHICH ARE AVERAGE FIGURES AMONGST THE COMPANIES SURVEYED, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS ENGAGED BY THE COMPANIES SURVEYED IS NOT MEANINGFUL INFORMATION ON ITS OWN (BECAUSE THIS IS A PANEL SURVEY) AND IS THEREFORE NOT SHOWN.

PRODUCE RETAILERS MORE PRONE TO USE INACCURATE WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS

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EXCISE DEPARTMENT TODAY

ARE MORE PRONE

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FIGURES RELEASED BY THE CUSTOMS AND (FRIDAY) SHOWED THAT FRUIT AND SEAFOOD RETAILERS USING INACCURATE WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS.

THE FIGURES SHOWED THAT OF 38 TRADERS CONVICTED OF OFFENCES ON UNDER THE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ORDINANCE SINCE IT CAME INTO EFFECT JANUARY 1 LAST YEAR, 11 WERE FRUIT RETAILERS AND EIGHT WERE SEAFOOD RETAILERS.

THE OTHERS WERE SCRAP DEALERS AND OTHER RETAILERS SELLING VEGETABLES, ROAST MEAT AND POULTRY.

IN FOUR RECENT CASES, THREE FRUIT RETAILERS AND ONE SEAFOOD RETAILER WERE PROSECUTED UNDER THE ORDINANCE AND FINED A TOTAL OF $6,000 AFTER TESTS BY OFFICERS OF

GOVERNMENT LABORATORY SHOWED THAT THE DEFENDANTS' WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS WERE IN EXCESS OF THE ACTUAL WEIGHT FROM 3.12 TO 25.51 PER CENT.

THE

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