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FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1990
THE GROSS VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED BY SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS WAS $1,002 MILLION, WHICH WAS Į
19.0 PER CENT AND 5.9 PER CENT LOWER THAN IN THE PRECEDING QUARTER AND THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1989 RESPECTIVELY.
WHEN ANALYSED BY END-USE OF BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES, THE GROSS VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED BY GENERAL CONTRACTORS AT CONSTRUCTION SITES IN RESPECT OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS (INCLUDING COMBINED RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS) IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1990 WAS $4,136 MILLION.
WITH
THIS REPRESENTS A DECREASE OF 8.4 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED THE PRECEDING QUARTER BUT AN INCREASE OF 10.9 PER CENT OVER THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1989.
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ON THE OTHER HAND, THE GROSS VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED BY GENERAL CONTRACTORS AT CONSTRUCTION SITES IN RESPECT COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1990 WAS $1, 843 MILLION, REPRESENTING INCREASES OF 48.6 PER CENT AND 17.5 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING QUARTER AND THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1989 RESPECTIVELY.
THE GROSS VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED BY GENERAL CONTRACTORS AT CONSTRUCTION SITES IN RESPECT OF TRANSPORT PROJECTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1990 WAS $1,675 MILLION, REPRESENTING INCREASES OF 1.1 PER CENT AND 28.9 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING QUARTER AND THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1989 RESPECTIVELY.
OWING ΤΟ THE WIDESPREAD SUB-CONTRACTING PRACTICE IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, A CONSTRUCTION ESTABLISHMENT CAN BE A MAIN CONTRACTOR FOR ONE CONTRACT AND A SUB-CONTRACTOR FOR ANOTHER CONTRACT SIMULTANEOUSLY.
THE GROSS VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED BY MAIN CONTRACTORS (WHICH MAY BE GENERAL CONTRACTORS OR SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS) REFERS TO THE OUTPUT OF THOSE CONSTRUCTION ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE PROJECTS IN WHICH THEY TAKE THE ROLE OF A MAIN CONTRACTOR, DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT OF PROJECTS IN WHICH THEY PLAY THE ROLE OF SUB-CONTRACTORS,
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HOWEVER, SUB-CONTRACTORS' CONTRIBUTION TO PROJECTS SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE GROSS VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED BY THE MAIN CONTRACTORS FOR WHOM THEY WORKED.
MORE DETAILED STATISTICS ON CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT ARE GIVEN IN THE "REPORT ON THE QUARTERLY SURVEY OF CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT, 1ST QUARTER 1990". THE REPORT IS NOW ON SALE AT $2.50 A COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL OR AT THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES COUNTER, WANCHAI TOWER I, 19TH FLOOR, 12 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI. REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION MAY ALSO BE ARRANGED.
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ENQUIRIES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE SURVEY MAY DIRECTED ΤΟ THE BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TEL. 839 3265.
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