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THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1993

THE AND SHORTAGE OF LABOUR REMAINED

MAJOR PRICE COMPETITION

LOOKING AHEAD, PROBLEMS REPORTED BY MANUFACTURERS FROM THE INDUSTRY. MANUFACTURERS FROM THE INDUSTRY GENERALLY EXPECT IMPROVEMENT BUSINESS SITUATION IN THE FOLLOWING QUARTER.

IN THE

ALSO INDUSTRY

REPORTED

MANUFACTURERS FROM THE TEXTILES IMPROVEMENT IN THE GENERAL BUSINESS SITUATION IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF IS 1993. THE PROBLEM OF INSUFFICIENT BUSINESS ORDERS ALLEVIATED AND

LOOKING AHEAD, EXPECTED TO FURTHER IMPROVE IN THE FOLLOWING QUARTER. BROADLY THE SAME BUSINESS SITUATION IS EXPECTED.

THE THE GENERAL BUSINESS SITUATION AND CAPACITY UTILISATION OF

THE PROBLEM PLASTICS INDUSTRY IMPROVED IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1993.

WHILE OVERSEAS COMPETITORS PRICE COMPETITION FROM SHORTAGE OF SKILLED LABOUR BECAME SERIOUS.

OF

ALLEVIATED

LOOKING AHEAD, MANUFACTURERS FROM THE INDUSTRY GENERALLY EXPECT FURTHER IMPROVEMENT IN THE GENERAL BUSINESS SITUATION.

THE GENERAL BUSINESS SITUATION AND CAPACITY UTILISATION OF ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY IMPROVED IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1993. PROBLEMS OF SHORTAGE OF GENERAL LABOUR AND HIGH STAFF SOMEWHAT ALLEVIATED.

ON

THE OTHER

HAND, THE PROBLEM

OF PRICE

TURNOVER

THE

-THE

HAD

COMPETITION

FROM OF HIGH

OVERSEAS FIRMS STILL BOTHERED THE INDUSTRY AND THE PROBLEM WAGE RATES DETERIORATED.

HOWEVER, LOOKING AHEAD, MANUFACTURERS FROM THIS INDUSTRY EXPECT THAT BOTH THE GENERAL BUSINESS SITUATION AND CAPACITY UTILISATION WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE IN THE FOLLOWING QUARTER.

MANUFACTURERS

FROM THE

FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY REPORTED THAT THE GENERAL BUSINESS SITUATION AND CAPACITY UTILISATION IMPROVED IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1993.

PROBLEM

WHILE THE THE QUARTER.

THE PROBLEM OF LOCAL PRICE COMPETITION ALLEVIATED

OF INSUFFICIENT BUSINESS ORDERS INTENSIFIED IN

LOOKING AHEAD, THE MAJORITY OF MANUFACTURERS FROM THE EXPECT IMPROVEMENT IN THE GENERAL BUSINESS SITUATION.

THE

INDUSTRY

IMPROVEMENT IN BOTH THE GENERAL BUSINESS SITUATION AND CAPACITY

REPORTED WAS

BY UTILISATION

MANUFACTURERS FROM

ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND APPLIANCES INDUSTRY IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1993.

PROBLEM

OF

A

STILL THOUGH THE

WAS HIGH WAGE RATES

MAJOR OF SKILLED LABOUR. PROBLEM,

WAS ALLEVIATION IN THE SHORTAGE THERE

EXPECTED LOOKING AHEAD, FURTHER IMPROVEMENT IN BUSINESS SITUATION IS IN THE FOLLOWING QUARTER.

FOR THE PRINTING INDUSTRY, WHILE THERE WAS IMPROVEMENT IN THE GENERAL BUSINESS SITUATION AND CAPACITY UTILISATION IN THE QUARTER OF 1993, IT WAS LOWER THAN WHAT HAD BEEN EXPECTED.

THE PROBLEMS OF LOCAL PRICE COMPETITION, HIGH LABOUR AND HIGH WAGE RATES CONTINUED TO BOTHER THE INDUSTRY.

BOTH SECOND

TURNOVER

/NEVERTHELESS, THE