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SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1978

EMPLOYMENT AT BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES

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A TOTAL OF 67,680 MANUAL WORKERS WERE EMPLOYED AT BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES IN JUNE THIS YEAR, ACCORDING TO A RECENT EMPLOYMENT SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THE FIGURE REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF 2,644 WORKERS OR FOUR PER CENT OVER MARCH 1978 AND AN INCREASE OF 9,286 WORKERS OR 16 PER CENT COMPARED WITH JUNE 1977.

OF THE 1,203 BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES IN OPERATION IN JUNE 1978, 372 WERE SITES TENDERED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS AND HOUSING DEPARTMENTS. THESE 372 SITES ACCOUNTED FOR 26,711 WORKERS, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 1,798 WORKERS OR SEVEN PER CENT OVER MARCH 1978.

EMPLOYMENT AT THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION SITES RECORDED A DECREASE OF NINE PER CENT TO 7,405 WORKERS IN JUNE 1978.

DURING THE PERIOD MARCH TO JUNE 1978, THE NUMBER OF WORKERS EMPLOYED AT BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR INCREASED BY FIVE PER CENT TO 33,564.

DETAILED STATISTICS ARE AS FOLLOWS :-

JUNE 1977

MARCH 1978

JUNE 1978

TENDERING

AUTHORITY

MANUAL SITES IN WORKERS OPERATION ENGAGED

MANUAL SITES IN WORKERS OPERATION ENGAGED

MANUAL

SITES IN WORKERS OPERATION ENGAGED

PUBLIC WORKS

DEPARTMENT

267

15,197

304

18,490

318

19,708

HOUSING

DEPARTMENT

25

3,178

48

6,423

54

7,003

MASS TRANSIT

RAILWAY *

24

6,514

28

8,119

28

7,405

PRIVATE

SECTOR

799

33,505

787

32,004

803

33,564

TOTAL

1,115

58,394 1,167

65,036

1,203

67,680

(* CONSTRUCTION SITES UNDER THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY REFER

TO M.T.R. CONTRACTS FOR WHICH WORK WAS IN PROGRESS DURING JUNE 1978.)

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