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OF THE GROSS VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED BY MAIN CONTRACTORS IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1990, $13,775 MILLION WAS ATTRIBUTABLE TO WORK PERFORMED BY GENERAL CONTRACTORS. THIS WAS PER CENT AND 26 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN THE PRECEDING QUARTER THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1989 RESPECTIVELY.
ON THE OTHER HAND, THE GROSS VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION PERFORMED BY SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS WAS $1,146 MILLION, WHICH 14.4 PER CENT AND 15.4 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN THE PRECEDING AND THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1989 RESPECTIVELY.
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OF THE GROSS VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED BY GENERAL CONTRACTORS IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1990, $6,937 MILLION WAS RELATED TO NEW CONSTRUCTION WORK AT PRIVATE SECTOR CONSTRUCTION SITES, BEING 9.6 PER CENT AND 11.9 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN THE PRECEDING QUARTER AND THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1989 RESPECTIVELY.
SOME $3,904 MILLION WAS RELATED TO NEW CONSTRUCTION WORK AT PUBLIC SECTOR (INCLUDING THE GOVERNMENT, MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION AND KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION) CONSTRUCTION - SITES, REPRESENTING A DECREASE OF 0.7 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING QUARTER BUT AN INCREASE OF 30.1 PER CENT OVER THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1989.
THE REMAINING $2,934 MILLION WAS RELATED TO NEW CONSTRUCTION WORK AT MINOR WORK LOCATIONS, AND RENOVATION AND MAINTENANCE AT ERECTED BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES. THIS WAS 15.8 PER CENT AND 69.7 PER CONT HIGHER THAN IN THE PRECEDING QUARTER AND THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1989 RESPECTIVELY.
WHEN ANALYSED BY END-USE OF BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES, THE GROSS VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED BY MAIN CONTRACTORS AT CONSTRUCTION SITES IN RESPECT OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS (INCLUDING COMBINED RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS) IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1990 WAS $4,829 MILLION.
THIS REPRESENTED INCREASES OF 16.8 PER CENT AND 21.1 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING QUARTER AND THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1989 RESPECTIVELY.
ON THE OTHER HAND, THE GROSS VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED BY MAIN CONTRACTORS AT CONSTRUCTION SITES IN RESPECT OF COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1990 WAS $1,909 MILLION, REPRESENTING INCREASES OF 3.6 PER CENT AND 34.6 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING QUARTER AND THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1989 RESPECTIVELY.
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THE GROSS VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED BY MAIN CONTRACTORS AT CONSTRUCTION SITES IN RESPECT OF TRANSPORT PROJECTS THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1990 WAS $1,483 MILLION, REPRESENTING A DECREASE OF 11.5 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING QUARTER BUT AN INCREASE OF 2.3 PER CENT OVER THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1989.
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