Usable floor area of building plans with consent to commence work
Third
quarter
1981
Third quarter
1982
Jan
Jan
009
Sep
Sep
8/9
change
1981
1982
change
('000m2) ('000m2)
('000m2) ('000m2)
Residential
265
161
-39
983
534
-46
Commercial
183
172
-6
747
587
-21
Industrial
426
338
-21
1 253
1 432
14
Others
14
47
236
84
114
36
Total
888
718
-19
3 068
2 666
-13
Source:
Buildings Ordinance Office
Building and construction (including civil engineering)
5.8
Although there was some slowing down in private
sector activity, public sector demand for building and
construction (including civil engineering) output remained
strong as а result of the continuation of the public works
programme, the housing programme and the construction of the
Island Line of the Mass Transit Railway. For the building and
construction (including civil engineering) sector as a whole,
employment continued to decline slightly in the second quarter
of
this year (4) With a small increase in construction
·
/ wages
(4)
Number of manual workers engaged on building and construction sites
Public
Private
Total
1979 Mar
36 023
(9.1)
36 846
(14.4)
72 869
(11.7)
Jun
37 703
(10.5)
39 780
(17.5)
77 483
(14.0)
Sep
39 096
(12.3)
43 751
(30.2)
82 847
(21.1)
Dec
40 002
(4.7)
45 957
(25.8)
85 959
(15.0)
1980 Mar
35 881
(-0.4)
48 967
(32.9)
84 848
(16.4)
Jun
35 104
(-6.9)
54 609
(37.3)
89 713
(15.8)
Sep
34 797
(-11.0)
54 873
(25.4)
89 670
(8.2)
Dec
36 291
(-9.3)
54 207
(18.0)
90 498
(5.3)
1931 Mar
37 946
(5.8)
52 318
(6.8)
90 264
(6.4)
Jun
35 307
(0.6)
51 475
(-5.7)
86 782
(-3.3)
Sep
33 211
(-4.6)
49 522
(-9.8)
82 733
(-7.7)
Dec
38 863
(7.1)
50 014
(-7.7)
88 877
(-1.8)
1932 Mar
39 880
(5.1)
46 601
(-10.9)
86 481
(-4.2)
Jun
37 220
(5.4)
47 101
(-8.5)
84 321
(-2.8)
Note: Percentage change on the same period of preceding year.
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