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Monitors' report submitted to CS
The monitors appointed to observe the Orderly Repatriation Programme operation this (Tuesday) morning have submitted their report to the Chief Secretary.
The two monitors comprised a non-official Justice of the Peace, Mr Lo King- man; and representative from a non-government organisation, Ms Gilla Nemayechi from Medecins Sans Frontieres.
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Construction output for third quarter of 1996
The gross value of construction work, in nominal terms, performed by main contractors amounted to $28.8 billion in the third quarter of 1996, according to the preliminary results of the Quarterly Survey of Construction Output released today (Tuesday) by the Census and Statistics Department.
This represented an increase of 16.7% over the same quarter last year.
Based on the provisional estimate, the gross value of construction work, measured at constant (1990) market prices, performed in the third quarter of 1996 increased by 10.2% over the same quarter last year.
The gross value of construction work, in nominal terms, performed at public sector sites amounted to $11.7 billion, representing an increase of 25.4% in nominal terms and 19.5% when measured at constant (1990) market prices over the same quarter last year.
The gross value of construction work, in nominal terms, performed at private sector sites totalled $9.5 billion, representing an increase of 10.7% over the same quarter last year. When measured at constant (1990) market prices, it was up by 2.6%.
The gross value of construction work, in nominal terms, performed by contractors at locations other than construction sites amounted to $7.6 billion, 12.5% higher than in the third quarter of 1995. When measured at constant (1990) market prices, it increased by 7.5%. Work in this category included minor new construction activities and renovation work at erected buildings and structures; and electrical and mechanical fitting work.