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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1979 .

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EMPLOYMENT IN BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES

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THE NUMBER OF MANUAL WORKERS ENGAGED IN BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES ROSE TO 80 082 IN SEPTEMBER 1979, ACCORDING TO A RECENT EMPLOYMENT SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THIS REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF 4 531 WORKERS OR SIX PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH JUNE 1979. AS AGAINST SEPTEMBER 1978, EMPLOYMENT ROSE BY 12 111 WORKERS OR 17.8 PER CENT.

OF THE 1 205 BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES IN OPERATION IN SEPTEMBER 1979, 319 WERE SITES CONTRACTED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT. THEY ACCOUNTED FOR 33 285 WORKERS -- AN INCREASE OF 2 229 WORKERS OR 7.2 PER CENT OVER JUNE 1979.

EMPLOYMENT IN THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION SITES SHOWED A DECREASE OVER JUNE 1979 OF 12.6 PER CENT TO 5 811 WORKERS IN SEPTEMBER 1979. DURING THE SAME PERIOD, THE NUMBER OF WORKERS ENGAGED IN BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR INCREASED BY 8.3 PER CENT TO 40 986.

THE COMPARATIVE EMPLOYMENT FIGURES FOR BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES ARE AS FOLLOWS :-

SEPTEMBER 1978

JUNE 1979

MANUAL SITES IN SITES IN WORKERS OPERATION ENGAGED

SEPTEMBER 1979

MANUAL

SITES IN WORKERS OPERATION ENGAGED

MANUAL

CONTRACTING SITES IN WORKERS

PARTY

OPERATION ENGAGED

PUBLIC WORKS

DEPARTMENT

310

20 065

268

17 552

244

16 742

HOUSING

DEPARTMENT

51

7 468

59

13 504

75

16 543

MASS TRANSIT

RAILWAY*

29

7 275

35

6 647

29

5 811

PRIVATE SECTOR

820

33 163

838

37 848

857

40 986

TOTAL

75 551 1 205

80 082

1 210 67 971 1 200

(THE ASTERISK DENOTES MTRC CONSTRUCTION SITES IN WHICH WORK WAS IN PROGRESS DURING SEPTEMBER 1979.)

DETAILED BREAKDOWNS OF THE STATISTICS ARE OBTAINABLE FROM THE EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

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