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SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN THE AVERAGE PER CAPITA EARNINGS WERE

IN RECORDED

MOST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES. THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS, FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS, AND ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES RECORDED THE FASTEST INCREASE IN PER CAPITA EARNINGS.

THE TOTAL EMPLOYMENT OF THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES DECREASED MODERATELY IN

YEAR FEBRUARY 1992 AS AGAINST A DECREASED SLIGHTLY WHEN COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING MONTH.

PRODUCTS

SURVEYED AND

AGO;

THE AVERAGE PER CAPITA EARNINGS FOR DECEMBER 1991 TO FEBRUARY 1992 INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE SAME PERIOD 12 MONTHS AGO.

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT FIGURES FOR THIS INDUSTRY COVER COMPANY EMPLOYEES

SUB-CONTRACTORS ONLY; SITE WORKERS EMPLOYED BY LABOUR-ONLY ARE NOT INCLUDED.

IN

COMPANIES THE SERVICE SECTORS, THE TOTAL EMPLOYMENT OF THE SURVEYED DECREASED SLIGHTLY IN FEBRUARY 1992 WHEN COMPARED WITH BOTH A YEAR AGO AND THE PRECEDING MONTH.

FEBRUARY THE SAME

AVERAGE PER CAPITA EARNINGS FOR DECEMBER 1991 TO THE 1992 INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN MOST SERVICE SECTORS OVER PERIOD 12 MONTHS AGO.

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

AND PER

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

COMPANIES,

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AND

THE

LARGE SURVEY SAMPLE COVERS ONLY THE DEPARTMENT NOTED THAT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY NOT BE REPRESENTATIVE

OF THE MANUFACTURING,

CONSTRUCTION

AS THE

THE SERVICE SECTORS.

GENERAL SITUATION

NEVERTHELESS, INDICATION

PROVIDE THE SURVEY RESULTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO OF

MAKING USEFUL

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

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