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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1977

EMPLOYMENT AT BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES

FOR SEPTEMBER SHOWS INCREASE

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THE NUMBER OF MANUAL WORKERS ENGAGED AT BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES CONTINUED TO RISE TO 60,640 IN SEPTEMBER 1977, ACCORDING TO A RECENT EMPLOYMENT SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THIS REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF 2,246 WORKERS OR 4 PER CENT OVER JUNE 1977. COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1976, THE EMPLOYMENT ROSE BY 14,792 WORKERS OR 32 PER CENT.

OF THE 1,148 BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES IN OPERATION LAST SEPTEMBER, 311 WERE SITES TENDERED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS AND HOUSING DEPARTMENTS.

THESE ACCOUNTED FOR 20,824 WORKERS, AN INCREASE OF 2,449 OR 13 PER CENT OVER JUNE 1977.

DURING THE PERIOD FROM JUNE TO SEPTEMBER, THE NUMBER OF WORKERS ENGAGED AT BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR DECREASED SLIGHTLY BY 2 PER CENT TO 32,879. EMPLOYMENT AT THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION SITES RECORDED AN INCREASE OF 6 PER CENT TO 6,937 WORKERS IN SEPTEMBER 1977.

DETAILED STATISTICS ARE AS FOLLOWS :-

SEPT 1976

JUNE 1977

SEPT 1977

MANUAL

TENDERING

AUTHORITY

SITES IN WORKERS OPERATION ENGAGED

MANUAL SITES IN WORKERS OPERATION ENGAGED

MANUAL SITES IN WORKERS OPERATION ENGAGED

PUBLIC WORKS

DEPARTMENT

193

10,602

267

15,197

281

16,580

HOUSING

DEPARTMENT

18

1,975

25

3,178

30

4.244

MASS TRANS IT

RAILWAY *

22

3,442

24

6,514

23

6,937

PRIVATE SECTOR 781

29,829

799

33,505

814

32,879

1,014 45,848

1,115

58,394 1,148

60,640

(NOTE

*

CONSTRUCTION SITES UNDER THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY REFER TO M.T.R. CONTRACTS FOR WHICH WORK WAS IN PROGRESS DURING SEPTEMBER 1977.)

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