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MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1991

GOVT RESPONSE TO SOVIET UNION'S SITUATION

IN

RESPONSE TO SITUATION IN THE SOVIET

(MONDAY):

PRESS ENQUIRIES REGARDING REPORTS ON UNION, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY

THE

OFFICE IN

WE ARE IN LONDON WHO

"WE ARE NATURALLY VERY CONCERNED AT THESE REPORTS. CLOSE TOUCH WITH THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH ARE MONITORING DEVELOPMENTS".

—

ORDERS-ON-HAND,

EMPLOYMENT AND PER CAPITA BARNINGS FIGURES FOR JUNE RELEASED

REPORTED

BY THE

200

THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND LARGEST MANUFACTURING COMPANIES IN JUNE 1991 SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE WHEN. COMPARED WITH MAY 1991, BUT INCREASED BY 2 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH

A SURVEY JUNE

ΤΟ THE RESULTS OF 1990, ACCORDING (MONDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

RELEASED

TODAY

COMPARED WITH MAY 1991, THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND IN JUNE 1991 INCREASED SLIGHTLY IN THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS PRODUCTS INDUSTRY INDUSTRY, BUT DECREASED MODERATELY IN THE PLASTIC AND TO A LESSER EXTENT IN THE TEXTILES AND FABRICATED METAL INDUSTRIES.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD, ORDERS SHOWED WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRY.

PRODUCTS

LITTLE CHANGE IN THE

IN JUNE 1991 SLIGHTLY

COMPARED WITH JUNE 1990, THE ORDERS POSITION INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY AND IN THE WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRY.

THE TEXTILES

IN

ON THE OTHER HAND, ORDERS DECREASED SLIGHTLY IN AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES, AND SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.

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TERMS OF THE AVERAGE VOLUME OF ORDERS-ON-HAND IS MEASURED IN THE NUMBER OF MONTHS AND REFERS TO ORDERS OUTSTANDING AS AT THE END OF THE REFERENCE MONTH.

THEIR WHEN COMPARED WITH JUNE

ON EMPLOYMENT, THE MANUFACTURERS SURVEYED REPORTED THAT TOTAL WORKFORCE IN JUNE 1991 INCREASED BY 1 PER CENT WITH MAY 1991, BUT DECREASED BY 9 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED 1990.

COMPARED WITH MAY 1991, EMPLOYMENT IN

1991 JUNE AND SLIGHTLY MODERATELY IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS AND THE FABRICATED METAL INDUSTRIES, DUE PARTLY TO THE EMPLOYMENT OF SUMMER WORKERS.

INCREASED IN THE PRODUCTS

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