SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1978
EMPLOYMENT AT CONSTRUCTION SITES
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THE NUMBER OF MANUAL WORKERS ENGAGED AT BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES CONTINUED TO RISE TO 67,971 IN SEPTEMBER 1978, ACCORDING TO A RECENT EMPLOYMENT SURVEY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THE FIGURE REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF 291 WORKERS OR 0.4 PER CENT OVER JUNE 1978. COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1977 THE INCREASE WAS 7,331 WORKERS OR 12 PER CENT.
THERE WERE 1,210 BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES IN OPERATION IN SEPTEMBER, OF THESE 361 WERE SITES OF THE PUBLIC WORKS AND HOUSING DEPARTMENTS, WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR 27,533 WORKERS, AN INCREASE OF 822 OR THREE PER CENT OVER JUNE 1978.
EMPLOYMENT AT THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION SITES RECORDED A DECREASE OF TWO PER CENT TO 7,275 WORKERS IN SEPTEMBER 1978.
DURING THE PERIOD JUNE TO SEPTEMBER 1978, THE NUMBER OF WORKERS ENGAGED AT BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR DECREASED BY ONE PER CENT TO 33,163.
DETAILED EMPLOYMENT FIGURES AT BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES ARE AS FOLLOWS:-
SEPTEMBER 1978
SEPTEMBER 1977
JUNE 1978
MANUAL
TENDER ING AUTHORITY
SITES IN WORKERS OPERATION ENGAGED
MANUAL SITES IN WORKERS OPERATION ENGAGED
MANUAL SITES IN WORKERS OPERATION ENGAGEL
PUBLIC WORKS
DEPARTMENT
281
16,580
318
19,708
310
20,065
HOUSING
DEPARTMENT
30
4.244
54
7,003
51
7,468
MASS TRANSIT
RAILWAY
23
6,937
28
7,405
29
7,275
PRIVATE SECTOR
814
32,879
803
33,564
820
33,163
TOTAL
1,148
60,640
1,203
67,680
1,210
67,971