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FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1980
SURVEY ON EMPLOYMENT AT CONSTRUCTION SITES
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THE NUMBER OF MANUAL WORKERS ENGAGED AT BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES ROSE TO 81 879 IN DECEMBER 1979, ACCORDING TO A RECENT EMPLOYMENT SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THIS REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF 1 797 WORKERS OR 2.2 PER CENT COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1979. EMPLOYMENT ROSE BY 8 163 WORKERS OR 11.1 PER CENT OVER DECEMBER 1978.
OF THE 1 197 BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES IN OPERATION IN DECEMBER 1979, 310 WERE SITES CONTRACTED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT. THESE 310 SITES ACCOUNTED FOR 34 622 WORKERS REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 1 337 WORKERS OR FOUR PER CENT OVER SEPTEMBER 1979.
A TOTAL OF 5 380 WORKERS WERE EMPLOYED IN THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION SITES IN DECEMBER 1979, IT SHOWED A DECLINE OF 7.4 PER CENT COMPARED WITH THE SEPTEMBER 1979 FIGURES. DURING THE SAME PERIOD, THE NUMBER OF WORKERS ENGAGED AT BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR INCREASED BY 2.2 PER CENT TO 41 877.
COMPARATIVE STATISTICS OF EMPLOYMENT AT BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES ARE AS FOLLOWS 1-
DECEMBER 1978
SEPTEMBER 1979
DECEMBER 1979
MANUAL
CONTRACTING SITES IN WORKERS
PARTY
OPERATION ENGAGED
MANUAL SITES IN WORKERS OPERATION ENGAGED
MANUAL SITES IN WORKERS OPERATION ENGAGED
PUBLIC WORKS
DEPARTMENT
305
20 586
244
16 742
232 16 412
HOUSING
DEPARTMENT
57
10 222
75
16 543
78
18 210
MASS TRANSIT
RAILWAY *
34
7 396
29
5 811
26
5 380
PRIVATE SECTOR
859
35 512
857
40 986
861
41 877
TOTAL
1 255
73 716 1 205 80 082
1 197 81 879
CONSTRUCTION SITES UNDER THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION REFER TO MTR CONTRACTS FOR WHICH WORK WAS IN PROGRESS DURING DECEMBER 1979.
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