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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1987

SECTOR || SHEUNG WAN, WAN CHAI, CAUSEWAY BAY AND TSIM SHA TSUI,

GRADE A + CENTRAL, GRADE B OFFICES

1984

1985

1986

1987

11

139

107

8.9

93

90

110

8.5

9

89

30

2.3

(114)

SECTOR III REMAINDER

1984

178

277

363

17.2

1985

52

142

273

12.6

1986

30

107

196

8.9

1987

(67)

THIRD QUARTER CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT STATISTICS RELEASED

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THE TOTAL GROSS VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED BY ALL CONTRACTORS IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1986 AMOUNTED TO $10 181 MILLION, WHICH WAS 8 PER CENT HIGHER THAN THE PRECEDING QUARTER AND 13 PER CENT HIGHER THAN THE SAME QUARTER OF 1985, ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF THE QUARTERLY SURVEY OF CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED BY MAIN CONTRACTORS (INCLUDING WORK CARRIED OUT AT CONSTRUCTION SITES, ERECTED BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES, AND OTHER MINOR WORK LOCATIONS) IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1986 WAS $6 406 MILLION, WHICH WAS 5.3 PER CENT HIGHER THAN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER AND 8.9 PER CENT HIGHER THAN THE SAME QUARTER OF 1985. THIS GAVE AN INDEX OF 97.2. THE QUARTERLY AVERAGE OF 1982 WAS TAKEN AS 100 FOR THE INDEX.

THE FIGURES ..***