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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1977

EMPLOYMENT SURVEY OF CONSTRUCTION SITES IN PRIVATE SECTOR ******

THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT IS CONDUCTING AN EMPLOYMENT SURVEY OF BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

LETTERS AND QUESTIONAIRE FORMS FOR THE SURVEY, WHICH IS CARRIED OUT QUARTERLY, HAVE BEEN SENT TO CONSTRACTORS SEEKING INFORMATION ON THE NUMBER OF MANUAL WORKERS ENGAGED AT EACH SITE UNDER THEIR CHARGE AS AT DECEMBER 15, 1977.

SURVEY OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT, EACH CARRYING A GOVERNMENT IDENTITY CARD, WILL VISIT THESE SITES FROM THURSDAY TO SATURDAY (DECEMBER 15-17) TO COLLECT THE COMPLETED SURVEY FORMS.

THE COMMISSIONER FOR CENSUS AND STATISTICS APPEALS TO CONTRACTORS AND THEIR SITE STAFF FOR THE IR CO-OPERATION IN THE SURVEY.

INFORMATION RELATING TO INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTORS OR SITES WILL BE TREATED IN STRICT CONFIDENCE AND WILL BE USED SOLELY FOR COMPILING STATISTICAL TABLES.

ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT'S RECORDS, A TOTAL OF 60,640 MANUAL WORKERS WERE ENGAGED AT VARIOUS WORK SITES IN MID-SEPTEMBER 1977. OF THESE 32,879 WERE INVOLVED IN BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

ENQUIRIES CONCERNING THE CURRENT SURVEY MAY BE DIRECTED TO MR. CHAN TUNG-WAH, STATISTICIAN (INDUSTRY) AT 5-444674.

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