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FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1992

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

LEVEL OF OVERALL THE SECTORS, IN THE SELECTED SERVICE

THE COMPANIES SURVEYED EMPLOYMENT IN JANUARY 1992 AS REPORTED BY

LITTLE DECREASED SLIGHTLY WHEN COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1991, BUT SHOWED CHANGE WHEN COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1991.

SELECTED SERVICE

PER CAPITA EARNINGS IN JANUARY 1992 FOR THE SECTORS TAKEN TOGETHER INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY OVER JANUARY 1991. PARTICULARLY LARGE INCREASE WAS MAINLY DUE TO THE DIFFERENCE IN TIMING OF ISSUING DOUBLE-PAY AND YEAR-END BONUSES BY SOME HOTELS BETWEEN 1992 AND 1991.

INCREASED JANUARY BY THE AMONG

CAPITA PER

EARNINGS COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1991, MODERATELY FOR THE SELECTED SERVICE SECTORS TAKEN TOGETHER IN 1992. THE VARIED CHANGES AMONG SERVICE SECTORS WAS AFFECTED DIFFERENCE IN TIMING OF ISSUING DOUBLE-PAY AND YEAR-END BONUSES THE SELECTED SERVICE SECTORS.

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

AND PER

LARGEST MANUFACTURING CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT

THE SURVEY COVERED A PANEL OF THE 200 COMPANIES AND THE 50 LARGEST COMPANIES IN THE AND SELECTED SERVICE SECTORS, CHOSEN BY REFERENCE TO THEIR SIZES IN SEPTEMBER 1986.

THE DEPARTMENT CAUTIONED THAT AS THE SURVEY SAMPLE COVERED ONLY THE LARGE COMPANIES, THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY NOT BE REPRESENTATIVE OF CONSTRUCTION AND THE OF THE MANUFACTURING, THE GENERAL SITUATION SELECTED SERVICE SECTORS.

PROVIDE A NEVERTHELESS, THE SURVEY RESULTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO

FOR MAKING A QUICK INDICATION OF USEFUL

THE DIRECTION OF CHANGE ASSESSMENT OF DEVELOPMENTS IN THESE SECTORS IN THE SHORT TERM.

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