SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1986
AS DISTINCT FROM THE FIGURES ON CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED BY ALL CONTRACTORS, THE FIGURES FOR MAIN CONTRACTORS ARE FREE FROM THE EFFECT OF DOUBLE COUNTING OF CONSTRUCTION VALUE DUE TO THE SUB-CONTRACTING PRACTICE IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.
THE GROSS VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED BY MAIN CONTRACTORS AT CONSTRUCTION SITES IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1985 AMOUNTED TO $4 483 MILLION, WHICH WAS 6.2 PER CENT LOWER THAN THE PRECEDING QUARTER AND 12.5 PER CENT LOWER THAN THE SAME QUARTER OF 1984. THE DROP WAS PARTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE COMPLETION OF THE MAJOR PART OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY ISLAND LINE PROJECT.
THE OUTPUT VALUE OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1985 WAS $1 537 MILLION. WHEN COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING QUARTER AND THE SAME QUARTER OF 1984, IT DECREASED BY 5.3 PER CENT AND 7.0 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
THE OUTPUT VALUE OF COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS WAS $744 MILLION, REPRESENTING A DECREASE OF 10.0 PER CENT OVER THE PRECEDING QUARTER AND OF 21.7 PER CENT OVER THE SAME QUARTER OF 1984.
MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT IS GIVEN IN THE +REPORT ON THE QUARTERLY SURVEY OF CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT THIRD QUARTER 1985+ RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THE REPORT MAY BE BOUGHT AT $2 A COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT CENTRE, OR AT THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES COUNTER, KAI TAK COMMERCIAL BUILDING, 317 DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL. REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION MAY ALSO BE ARRANGED.
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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.
GROUP TO COLLECT VIEWS ON HAWKERS *****
THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD HAS SET UP A WORKING GROUP TO COLLECT RESIDENTS' VIEWS ON THE URBAN COUNCIL'S CONSULTATIVE DOCUMENT ON HAWKER AND MARKET POLICIES.
AT THE FIRST MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP, HELD RECENTLY, MEMBERS AGREED TO ADOPT A TWO-PRONGED CONSULTATION STRATEGY.
/CHAIRMAN OF
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