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MURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1984

PUBLIC SECTOR PROJECTS REFER TO THOSE UNDERTAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT. THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION AND THE KOWLOON- CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION.

A NUMBER OF PROJECTS ON TRANSPORT FACILITIES WERE REPORTED TO HAVE DECLINED IN ACTIVITY LEVEL IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1984 WHILE A FEW OTHERS HAD BEEN COMPLETED IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER.

PRIVATE SECTOR PROJECTS SAW AN INCREASE OF 2.7 PER CENT IN THE VALUE OF OUTPUT OVER THE PRECEDING QUARTER, THOUGH THIS WAS STILL SLIGHTLY BELOW THE LEVEL IN THE SAME QUARTER LAST YEAR. .

THE OUTPUT OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS CONTINUED TO RISE. ITS VALUE, AT $1 502 MILLION IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1984, WAS THE HIGHEST QUARTERLY FIGURE RECORDED SINCE THE START OF THE QUARTERLY SURVEY IN 1983.

IN OUTPUT VALUE TERM, COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS REGISTERED A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OF 8.7 PER CENT IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1984 OVER THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR. DESPITE THIS INCREASE, THE VALUE OF OUTPUT OF COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS WAS STILL WAY BELOW THAT IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF LAST YEAR, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE CONSTRUCTION VALUE OF INDUSTRIAL AND STORAGE BUILDINGS CONTINUED TO FALL SUBSTANTIALLY, SO THAT THE VALUE, AT $207 MILLION IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1984, WAS THE LOWEST QUARTERLY FIGURE RECORDED SINCE THE START OF THE SURVEY.

MORE DETAILED INFORMATION IS CONTAINED IN THE +REPORT ON THE QUARTERLY SURVEY OF CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT, SECOND QUARTER 1984+ RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THE SURVEY REPORT IS ON SALE AT $2 A COPY AT THE

GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT CENTRE, AND AT THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES COUNTER, KAI TAK COMMERCIAL BUILDING, 317 DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL. RÉGULAR SUBSCRIPTION MAY ALSO BE ARRANGED.

ENQUIRIES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE SURVEY MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT AT TELEPHONE NUMBER 3-7224490.

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