TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1978
EMPLOYMENT SURVEY OF BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES
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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT IS CONDUCTING A QUARTERLY EMPLOYMENT SURVEY OF BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
LETTERS AND SURVEY FORMS FOR THE SURVEY HAVE BEEN SENT TO CONTRACTORS FOR INFORMATION ON THE NUMBER OF MANUAL WORKERS EMPLOYED AT THE SITES AS AT JUNE 15.
THE PREVIOUS QUARTERLY SURVEY SHOWED THAT A TOTAL OF 65,036 MANUAL WORKERS WERE EMPLOYED AT VARIOUS WORK SITES IN THE MIDDLE OF MARCH THIS YEAR. OF THESE 32,004 WERE INVOLVED. IN BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR..
COMMENTING ON THE LATEST SURVEY, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT SAID OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT, EACH CARRYING A GOVERNMENT IDENTITY CARD, WILL VISIT THE SITES FROM JUNE 15 TO 17 TO COLLECT THE COMPLETED SURVEY FORMS.
HE ALSO APPEALED TO CONTRACTORS AND THEIR SITE STAFF FOR THEIR CO-OPERATION IN THE SURVEY.
INFORMATION RELATING TO INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTORS OR SITES WILL BE TREATED IN STRICT CONFIDENCE AND WILL BE SOLELY USED FOR COMPILING STATISTICAL TABLES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
ENQUIRIES.CONCERNING THE SURVEY MAY BE. DIRECTED TO MR. CHAN TUNG-WAH, STATISTICIAN (INDUSTRY) AT 5-444674.
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