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Tuesday, April 10, 1973
Mr. Au-Yeung said: "The first survey showed that a total of 28,446
workers were employed on a total of 464 construction sites.
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"In March 1973, however, the number of construction sites both
Government and private recorded by the Public Works Department had increased
to 1,380.
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"In view of the substantial increase in the number of sites
inevitably in the number of workers employed the committee has decided to
conduct a second survey to obtain up-to-date information on new manpower and
training requirements in this field."
The information which employers will be asked to supply will include:
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the number of workers at present employed;
the number of workers at present under training; and
the number of existing vacancies.
Mr. Au-Yeung stressed that the information collected would be
handled in strict confidence and would only be published in the form of
statistical summaries, without reference to individual sites or contracting
firms.
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He urged employers to co-operate by providing accurate answers to
the questionnaire forms. Any queries about the questionnaire should be
directed to the Industrial Training Unit of the Labour Department by ringing
5-282523 Ext. 85 and 88 during office hours.