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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1987
SECTOR || SHEUNG WAN, WAN CHAI, CAUSEWAY BAY AND TSIM SHA TSUI,
GRADE A + CENTRAL, GRADE B OFFICES
1984
1985
1986
1987
11
139
107
8.9
93
90
110
8.5
9
89
30
2.3
(114)
SECTOR III REMAINDER
1984
178
277
363
17.2
1985
52
142
273
12.6
1986
30
107
196
8.9
1987
(67)
THIRD QUARTER CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT STATISTICS RELEASED
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THE TOTAL GROSS VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED BY ALL CONTRACTORS IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1986 AMOUNTED TO $10 181 MILLION, WHICH WAS 8 PER CENT HIGHER THAN THE PRECEDING QUARTER AND 13 PER CENT HIGHER THAN THE SAME QUARTER OF 1985, ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF THE QUARTERLY SURVEY OF CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED BY MAIN CONTRACTORS (INCLUDING WORK CARRIED OUT AT CONSTRUCTION SITES, ERECTED BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES, AND OTHER MINOR WORK LOCATIONS) IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1986 WAS $6 406 MILLION, WHICH WAS 5.3 PER CENT HIGHER THAN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER AND 8.9 PER CENT HIGHER THAN THE SAME QUARTER OF 1985. THIS GAVE AN INDEX OF 97.2. THE QUARTERLY AVERAGE OF 1982 WAS TAKEN AS 100 FOR THE INDEX.
THE FIGURES ..***