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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1978

EMPLOYMENT AT CONSTRUCTION SITES

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THE NUMBER OF MANUAL WORKERS ENGAGED AT BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES CONTINUED TO RISE TO 67,971 IN SEPTEMBER 1978, ACCORDING TO A RECENT EMPLOYMENT SURVEY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THE FIGURE REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF 291 WORKERS OR 0.4 PER CENT OVER JUNE 1978. COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1977 THE INCREASE WAS 7,331 WORKERS OR 12 PER CENT.

THERE WERE 1,210 BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES IN OPERATION IN SEPTEMBER, OF THESE 361 WERE SITES OF THE PUBLIC WORKS AND HOUSING DEPARTMENTS, WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR 27,533 WORKERS, AN INCREASE OF 822 OR THREE PER CENT OVER JUNE 1978.

EMPLOYMENT AT THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION SITES RECORDED A DECREASE OF TWO PER CENT TO 7,275 WORKERS IN SEPTEMBER 1978.

DURING THE PERIOD JUNE TO SEPTEMBER 1978, THE NUMBER OF WORKERS ENGAGED AT BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR DECREASED BY ONE PER CENT TO 33,163.

DETAILED EMPLOYMENT FIGURES AT BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES ARE AS FOLLOWS:-

SEPTEMBER 1978

SEPTEMBER 1977

JUNE 1978

MANUAL

TENDER ING AUTHORITY

SITES IN WORKERS OPERATION ENGAGED

MANUAL SITES IN WORKERS OPERATION ENGAGED

MANUAL SITES IN WORKERS OPERATION ENGAGEL

PUBLIC WORKS

DEPARTMENT

281

16,580

318

19,708

310

20,065

HOUSING

DEPARTMENT

30

4.244

54

7,003

51

7,468

MASS TRANSIT

RAILWAY

23

6,937

28

7,405

29

7,275

PRIVATE SECTOR

814

32,879

803

33,564

820

33,163

TOTAL

1,148

60,640

1,203

67,680

1,210

67,971