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THE INCREASE WAS MAINLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO A NUMBER OF MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURAL PROJECTS.
COMMERCIAL BUILDING PROJECTS CONSTITUTED THE THIRD LARGEST CATEGORY OF CONSTRUCTION SITE WORK.
THE GROSS VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED FOR THESE PROJECTS TOTALLED $1.9 BILLION, WHICH WAS 9.9% AND 9.7% HIGHER THAN IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1993 AND THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1993 RESPECTIVELY.
OWING TO THE WIDESPREAD SUB-CONTRACTING PRACTICES IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, A CONSTRUCTION ESTABLISHMENT CAN BE A MAIN CONTRACTOR FOR ONE CONTRACT AND A SUB-CONTRACTOR FOR ANOTHER CONTRACT AT THE SAME TIME.
THE GROSS VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED BY MAIN CONTRACTORS, INCLUDING BOTH GENERAL AND SPECIAL TRADE CONTRACTORS, COVERS ONLY THOSE PROJECTS IN WHICH THE CONSTRUCTION ESTABLISHMENT TAKES THE ROLE OF A MAIN CONTRACTOR, BUT NOT PROJECTS IN WHICH IT TAKES ONLY THE ROLE OF A SUB-CONTRACTOR.
HOWEVER, SUB-CONTRACTORS' CONTRIBUTION TO PROJECTS SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE GROSS VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION WORK
BY PERFORMED MAIN CONTRACTORS FOR WHOM THEY WORKED.
OUTPUT,
1ST
MORE DETAILED STATISTICS ON CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT ARE GIVEN IN THE "REPORT ON THE QUARTERLY SURVEY OF CONSTRUCTION QUARTER 1994".
THE REPORT IS NOW ON SALE AT $8 A COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, OR AT THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT PUBLICATIONS SECTION, WANCHAI TOWER, 19TH FLOOR, 12 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI. REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION MAY ALSO BE ARRANGED.
ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TEL 839 3265.
REMINDER ON DEADLINE FOR RETURNING SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRES
* * * * *
REMINDED (MONDAY)
TO
THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY SAMPLED ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE FOLLOWING SURVEYS IN RESPECT OF 1993 RETURN SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRES :
* ANNUAL SURVEY OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION;
* ANNUAL SURVEY OF WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND
HOTELS:
* ANNUAL
SURVEY OF BUILDING,
CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE
SECTORS;
/* ANNUAL SURVEY