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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1986

THE OUTPUT VALUE OF COMMERCIAL-RESIDENTIAL (COMPOSITE) BUILDINGS IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1986 WAS $623 MILLION, WHICH WAS 23.4 PER CENT AND 64.4 PER CENT ABOVE THE PRECEDING QUARTER AND THE SAME QUARTER OF 1985 RESPECTIVELY.

THE OUTPUT VALUE OF COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS WAS $474 MILLION, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 9.7 PER CENT IN COMPARISON WITH THE PRECEDING QUARTER BUT A DROP BY 42.7 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH THE SAME QUARTER OF 1985.

THE OUTPUT VALUE OF INDUSTRIAL AND STORAGE BUILDINGS IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1986 WAS $482 MILLION, WHICH WAS 21.4 PER CENT AND 69.1 PER CENT ABOVE THE PRECEDING QUARTER AND THE SAME QUARTER OF 1985 RESPECTIVELY.

MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT IS GIVEN IN THE +REPORT ON THE QUARTERLY SURVEY OF CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT, SECOND QUARTER 1986+ RELEASED TODAY BY THE DEPARTMENT.

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THE QUARTERLY SURVEY REPORT IS PRICED AT $2 A COPY. PURCHASES MAY BE MADE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT CENTRE, OR AT THE DEPARTMENT'S PUBLICATIONS SALES COUNTER, KAI TAK COMMERCIAL BUILDING, 317 DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL, REGULAR 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 DEPARTMENT ON 3-7224490.

TRANSPORT COMPLAINTS SHOW INCREASE

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COMPLAINTS ABOUT TRANSPORT MATTERS LODGED WITH THE TRANSPORT COMPLAINTS UNIT (TCU) IN THE PERIOD JULY TO SEPTEMBER 1986 ROSE BY 32 PER CENT COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, ACCORDING TO THE UNIT'S QUARTERLY REPORT RELEASED TODAY (SATURDAY).

A TOTAL OF 1 959 COMPLAINTS WERE RECEIVED DURING THE PERIOD UNDER REVIEW COMPARED WITH 1 486 IN THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR, WHILE 1 734 WERE FILED IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER STARTING APRIL 1986.

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