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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1991

OVER THE

SAME PERIOD, THE WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRY REPORTED LITTLE CHANGE IN EMPLOYMENT.

COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1989, EMPLOYMENT IN DECEMBER 1990 LARGEST DECREASED IN MOST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED, WITH THE RECORDED IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS, DECREASES

TEXTILES AND ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.

THE

ON THE OTHER HAND, EMPLOYMENT IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS INDUSTRY SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE OVER THE SAME PERIOD.

IN THE MANUFACTURING

IN DECEMBER 1990, PER CAPITA EARNINGS COMPANIES SURVEYED INCREASED BY 14%, IN MONEY TERMS, WHEN COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1990, DUE MAINLY TO THE ISSUE OF DOUBLE-PAY AND ANNUAL BONUSES BY A NUMBER OF MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED.

OVER THIS PERIOD, INCREASES IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS WERE RECORDED IN MOST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES SURVEYED, PARTICULARLY IN THE FOOD AND DRINKS, TEXTILES AND THE ELECTRICAL .AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.

ON THE OTHER HAND, IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY, MOST

SURVEYED MANUFACTURERS

HAD NOT YET ISSUED DOUBLE-PAY AND ANNUAL BONUSES TO THEIR EMPLOYEES AND A SLIGHT DECREASE IN EARNINGS WAS RECORDED.

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PER

CAPITA

COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1989 PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN DECEMBER 1990 INCREASED BY 11%, IN MONEY TERMS, IN THE MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SURVEYED.

PER CAPITA EARNINGS INCREASED IN ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES METAL SURVEYED, WITH SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES RECORDED IN THE FABRICATED PRODUCTS AND TEXTILES INDUSTRIES.

IT

RATES OF

SHOULD, HOWEVER, BE CAUTIONED THAT THE DIFFERENT INCREASE

WERE PER CAPITA EARNINGS AMONG THE INDUSTRIES IN

SURVEYED PARTLY AFFECTED BY THE DIFFERENCES IN THE TIMING OF ISSUE OF DOUBLE- PAY AND ANNUAL BONUSES BETWEEN 1989 AND 1990 BY SOME MANUFACTURING COMPANIES SURVEYED.

IN THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES SURVEYED, EMPLOYMENT IN

WHEN DECREASED SLIGHTLY

WITH NOVEMBER MODERATELY WHEN COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1989.

1990

COMPARED

DECEMBER

1990

AND

PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN DECEMBER 1990 INCREASED MODERATELY

NOVEMBER WITH

1990 AND SIGNIFICANTLY WHEN COMPARED WITH

WHEN

COMPARED DECEMBER 1989.

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

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