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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1977
EMPLOYMENT AT BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES
FOR SEPTEMBER SHOWS INCREASE
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THE NUMBER OF MANUAL WORKERS ENGAGED AT BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES CONTINUED TO RISE TO 60,640 IN SEPTEMBER 1977, ACCORDING TO A RECENT EMPLOYMENT SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THIS REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF 2,246 WORKERS OR 4 PER CENT OVER JUNE 1977. COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1976, THE EMPLOYMENT ROSE BY 14,792 WORKERS OR 32 PER CENT.
OF THE 1,148 BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES IN OPERATION LAST SEPTEMBER, 311 WERE SITES TENDERED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS AND HOUSING DEPARTMENTS.
THESE ACCOUNTED FOR 20,824 WORKERS, AN INCREASE OF 2,449 OR 13 PER CENT OVER JUNE 1977.
DURING THE PERIOD FROM JUNE TO SEPTEMBER, THE NUMBER OF WORKERS ENGAGED AT BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR DECREASED SLIGHTLY BY 2 PER CENT TO 32,879. EMPLOYMENT AT THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION SITES RECORDED AN INCREASE OF 6 PER CENT TO 6,937 WORKERS IN SEPTEMBER 1977.
DETAILED STATISTICS ARE AS FOLLOWS :-
SEPT 1976
JUNE 1977
SEPT 1977
MANUAL
TENDERING
AUTHORITY
SITES IN WORKERS OPERATION ENGAGED
MANUAL SITES IN WORKERS OPERATION ENGAGED
MANUAL SITES IN WORKERS OPERATION ENGAGED
PUBLIC WORKS
DEPARTMENT
193
10,602
267
15,197
281
16,580
HOUSING
DEPARTMENT
18
1,975
25
3,178
30
4.244
MASS TRANS IT
RAILWAY *
22
3,442
24
6,514
23
6,937
PRIVATE SECTOR 781
29,829
799
33,505
814
32,879
1,014 45,848
1,115
58,394 1,148
60,640
(NOTE
*
CONSTRUCTION SITES UNDER THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY REFER TO M.T.R. CONTRACTS FOR WHICH WORK WAS IN PROGRESS DURING SEPTEMBER 1977.)
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