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HONDAY, MARCH 31, 1975

MANPOWER SURVEY OF BUILDING INDUSTRY BEGINS TOMORROW

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SURVEY INTERVIEWERS OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TOMORROW (APRIL 1) WILL BEGIN COLLECTING INFORMATION IN A FOUR-DAY MANPOWER SURVEY OF THE BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING INDUSTRY THE THIRD OF ITS KIND EVER CONDUCTED IN HONG KONG.

MORE THAN 110 SURVEY INTERVIEWERS WILL BE VISITING SOME 1,300 CONSTRUCTION SITES AND BUILDING CONTRACTOR FIRMS BETWEEN APRIL 1 AND APRIL 4.

THE SURVEY. CONDUCTED BY THE BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD OF THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE LABOUR AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS, COVERS ALL ACTIVE BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING SITES AND THE CONTRACTOR FIRMS CONCERNED. ARCHITECTURAL AND CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSULTANT FIRMS ARE ALSO SURVEYED AT THE SAME TIME.

QUESTIONNAIRE FORMS AND RELEVANT DOCUMENTS IN BOTH ENGLISH AND CHINESE WERE SENT TWO WEEKS AGO TO ALL THE CONSTRUCTION SITES AND FIRMS REQUESTING FOR INFORMATION ON :

* THE NUMBER OF WORKERS AT PRESENT EMPLOYED-

* THE NUMBER OF WORKERS AT PRESENT UNDER TRAINING- AND

* THE NUMBER OF EXISTING VACANCIES.

DURING THE SURVEY PERIOD, SURVEY INTERVIEWERS WILL VISIT EACH OF THE PRIVATE CONSTRUCTION SITES AND CONTRACTOR FIRMS TO COLLECT THE COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRE FROM EMPLOYERS. ARCHITECTURAL AND CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSULTANT FIRMS ARE REQUESTED TO RETURN THEIR INFORMATION BY POST.

THE SECRETARY OF THE BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD, MR. WONG MAN-KAI STRESSED TODAY THAT THE INFORMATION COLLECTED WOULD BE HANDLED IN STRICT CONFIDENCE AND WOULD BE PUBLISHED ONLY IN THE FORM OF STATISTICAL SUMMARIES WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ANY INDIVIDUAL SITE OR FIRM.

+FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INDUSTRY, EMPLOYERS ARE URGED TO CO-OPERATE BY PROVIDING THE ACCURATE INFORMATION SO THAT PLANS CAN BE FORMULATED TO MEET THE INDUSTRY'S MANPOWER NEEDS,+ HE SAID.

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