FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1978
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EMPLOYMENT AT BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES IN
DECEMBER 1977 ****
THE NUMBER OF MANUAL WORKERS EMPLOYED AT BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES INCREASED BY FOUR PER CENT TO 63,010 IN DECEMBER COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1977, ACCORDING TO A RECENT EMPLOYMENT SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1976, THE NUMBER ROSE BY 14,249 OR 29 PER CENT.
THERE WERE 1,202 BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES IN OPERATION IN DECEMBER 1977, 337 OF WHICH WERE TENDERED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS AND HOUSING DEPARTMENTS. THESE ACCOUNTED FOR 23,193 WORKERS, AN INCREASE OF 2,369 OR 11 PER CENT OVER SEPTEMBER.
THE NUMBER OF WORKERS EMPLOYED AT BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR, HOWEVER, DECREASED BY TWO PER CENT TO 32,291 DURING THE SURVEY PERIOD FROM SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER. EMPLOYMENT AT THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION SITES RECORDED AN INCREASE OF EIGHT PER CENT TO 7,526 IN DECEMBER COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1977.
DETAILED STATISTICS ARE AS FOLLOWS:-
DECEMBER 1976
SEPTEMBER 1977
DECEMBER 1977
MANUAL
MANUAL
TENDER ING AUTHORITY
SITES IN OPERATION
MANUAL WORKERS SITES IN WORKERS SITES IN WORKERS ENGAGED OPERATION ENGAGED OPERATION ENGAGED
PUBLIC WORKS
DEPARTMENT
238
11,945
281
16,580
294 18,162
HOUSING
DEPARTMENT
19
2,378
30
4,244
43
5,031
MASS TRANSIT
RAILWAY *
23
4,791
23
6,937
26
7,526
PRIVATE
SECTOR
813 29,647
814 32,879
839
32,291
TOTAL
1,093 48,761
1,148 60,640
1,202 63,013
* CONSTRUCTION SITES UNDER THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY REFER TO M.T.R. CONTRACTS FOR WHICH WORK WAS IN PROGRESS DURING DECEMBER 1977.
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