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FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1985
II. BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SECTOR
(MANUAL WORKERS ON SITES ONLY)
*
EMPLOYMENT IN
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
CONTRACTING PARTY
SEPT 83
JUN 84
SEPT 84
SEPT 84
ON SEPT 83
SEPT 84
ON JUN 84
HOUSING DEPARTMENT
15 500
11 600
11 300
-27.2
2.7
OTHER GOVERNMENT
DEPARTMENT 1/
19 000
16 600
18 000
5.5
+ 8.4
RAILWAY
CONSTRUCTION 2/
6 200
5 100
4 300
-29.9
-14.8
PRIVATE SECTOR 3/ 30 400
33 700
34 100
+12.1
+ 1.1
1/ ALL SITES UNDER THE CHARGE OF BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT ALSO INCLUDING KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION SITES NOT REGISTERED WITH THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE, FOR WHICH CONSTRUCTION WORK WAS COMMITTED, CONTRACTED OR STARTED BEFORE FEBRUARY 1, 1983.
2/ CONSTRUCTION SITES CONTRACTED OUT BY THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION AND KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION THAT ARE NOT REGISTERED WITH BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE. IN THE CASE OF THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION SITES, ONLY THOSE CONTRACTED OUT AFTER FEBRUARY 1, 1983 ARE INCLUDED. CONTRACTED OUT BEFORE FEBRUARY 1, 1983 ARE INCLUDED UNDER OTHER
THOSE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT.
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3/ INCLUDING THOSE SUPER-STRUCTURES ON SITES ABOVE THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY STATIONS OR THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY STATIONS WHICH WERE REGISTERED WITH THE BUILDING ORDINANCE OFFICE. E.G. THOSE REAL-ESTATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DEVELOPED JOINTLY WITH PRIVATE DEVELOPERS.
* BASED ON UNROUNDED EMPLOYMENT FIGURES.
/III. WHOLESALE AND