WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1979
EMPLOYMENT AT CONSTRUCTION SITES IN JUNE UP
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THE NUMBER OF MANUAL WORKERS ENGAGED IN BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES ROSE TO 75 551 IN JUNE — AN INCREASE OF 5.5 PER CENT COMPARED WITH MARCH. ACCORDING TO THE LATEST EMPLOYMENT SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
COMPARED WITH THE POSITION IN JUNE LAST YEAR, THE FIGURE REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF 7 871 WORKERS OR 11.6 PER CENT.
THE SURVEY SHOWED THAT 31 056 WORKERS WERE EMPLOYED IN 327 SITES CONTRACTED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 2 394 WORKERS OR 8.4 PER CENT OVER MARCH.
DURING THE SAME PERIOD, THE NUMBER OF WORKERS ENGAGED IN THE 873 SITES OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR ROSE TO 37 848 OR 6.4 PER CENT.
EMPLOYMENT OF 6 647 WORKERS IN THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION SITES, SHOWED A DECREASE OF 9.7 PER CENT IN JUNE COMPARED WITH MARCH.
BREAKDOWN OF THE EMPLOYMENT AND WORK SITE STATISTICS ARE AS FOLLOWS:-
MARCH 1979
JUNE 1979
MANUAL
MANUAL
CONTRACTING PARTY
SITES IN
WORKERS
OPERATION
ENGAGED
SITES IN OPERATION
WORKERS
ENGAGED
PUBLIC WORKS
DEPARTMENT
285
17 062
268
17 552
HOUSING
DEPARTMENT
58
11 600
59
13 504
MASS TRANS IT
RAILWAY *
35
7 361
35
6 647
PRIVATE SECTOR
865
35 558
838
37 848
TOTAL
1 243
71 581
1 200
75 551
* CONSTRUCTION SITES UNDER THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY
CORPORATION REFER TO M.T.R. CONTRACTS FOR WHICH WORK WAS IN PROGRESS DURING JUNE 1979.
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