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FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1979
EMPLOYMENT AT BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES *****
THERE WERE 65,036 MANUAL WORKERS ENGAGED AT BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES IN MARCH THIS YEAR, ACCORDING TO A RECENT EMPLOYMENT SURVEY CONDUCTED BY CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THE FIGURE SHOWED AN INCREASE OF 2,026 WORKERS OR THREE PER CENT COMPARED WITH DECEMBER 1977. AS AGAINST THE SAME PERIOD IN 1977, THE FIGURE ROSE BY 10,501 OR 19 PER CENT.
THE SURVEY ALSO SHOWED THAT THERE WERE 1,167 BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES IN OPERATION IN MARCH THIS YEAR. OF THESE, 352 WERE SITES TENDERED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS AND HOUSING DEPARTMENTS. THEY ACCOUNTED FOR 24,913 WORKERS AN INCREASE OF 1,720 WORKERS OR SEVEN PER CENT OVER DECEMBER LAST YEAR.
DURING THE PERIOD FROM DECEMBER 1977 TO MARCH 1978, THE NUMBER OF WORKERS ENGAGED AT CONSTRUCTION SITES OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR DECREASED SLIGHTLY BY ONE PER CENT TO 32,004. BUT EMPLOYMENT AT THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION SITES RECORDED AN INCREASE OF EIGHT PER CENT TO 8,119 WORKERS IN MARCH 1978.
DETAILED STATISTICS ARE AS FOLLOWS :
MARCH 1977
DECEMBER 1977
MARCH 1978
MANUAL
TENDER ING AUTHORITY
SITES IN WORKERS OPERATION ENGAGED
MANUAL SITES IN WORKERS OPERATION ENGAGED
MANUAL
SITES IN
WORKER 3
OPERATION ENGAGED
PUBLIC WORKS
DEPARTMENT
764
13,906
294
18,162
304
18,490
HOUSING
DEPARTMENT
18
2,303
43
5,031
48
6,423
MASS TRANSIT
RAILWAY
23
5,563
26
7,526
28
8,119
PRIVATE
SECTOR
804
32,763
339
32,291
787
32,004
TOTAL
(NOTE :
1,109
54,535 1,202
63,010 1,167
65,036
CONSTRUCTION SITES UNDER THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY REFER TO M.T.R. CONTRACTS FOR WHICH WORK WAS IN PROGRESS DURING MARCH 1978).
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