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THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1988,

SECTOR, THE AT CONTRACTORS

CENT HIGHER 1.1 PER HIGHER THAN IN THE

AS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION WORK SPONSORED BY PRIVATE

MAIN PERFORMED BY GROSS VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION WORK CONSTRUCTION SITES WAS $4,996 MILLION, WHICH WAS THAN IN THE PRECEDING QUARTER AND 30.9 PER CENT FIRST QUARTER OF 1987.

WHEN ANALYSED BY

END-USE

OF BUILDINGS

THE AND STRUCTURES, PERFORMED BY MAIN CONTRACTORS AT GROSS VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION WORK

INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION SITES IN RESPECT OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS (WHICH

AND TRANSPORT AND

MILLION AND $1,090

NON-RESIDENTIAL

BUILDINGS)

COMBINED RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1988 WAS $3,244 MILLION RESPECTIVELY.

AND

17.8

THESE REPRESENTED DECREASES OF 1.9 PER RESPECTIVELY WHEN COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING QUARTER,

RESPECTIVELY CENT OF 23.2 PER CENT QUARTER OF 1987.

CENT AND 6

PER

PER CENT BUT INCREASES

THE OVER

FIRST

THE

VALUE GROSS

OF CONSTRUCTION

WORK

MILLION IN THE

FIRST

BY PERFORMED

MAIN COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS CONTRACTORS AT CONSTRUCTION SITES IN RESPECT OF

OF 1988, QUARTER

REPRESENTING WAS $1,342

COMPARED WITH THR INCREASES OF 19.8 PER CENT AND 72.3 PER CENT WHEN PRECEDING QUARTER AND THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1987 RESPECTIVELY.

THE GROSS

AT

BY WORK PERFORMED OF VALUR

CONSTRUCTION

OF INDUSTRIAL SITES IN RESPECT CONTRACTORS

CONSTRUCTION STORAGE BUILDINGS IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1988 WAS $656 MILLION,

PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN AS IN THE PRECEDING QUARTER BUT 31.2 FIRST QUARTER OF 1987.

THE WIDESPREAD CONSTRUCTION SECTOR,

SUB-CONTRACTING

MAIN AND SAME THE

PRACTICE IN THE

A CAN BE

MAIN FOR ANOTHER

DUR TO

CONSTRUCTION

FOR ONE

BUT CONTRACT

ESTABLISHMENT A SUB-CONTRACTOR

CONSTRACTOR

CONTRACT SIMULTANEOUSLY.

BY PERFORMED WORK

THE GRO99 VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS REFERS TO THE OUTPUT OF THOSE CONSTRUCTION IN THE PROJECTS IN WHICH THEY TAKE THE ROLE OF A

IMPLICITLY WHICH

SUB-CONTRACTORS.

INCLUDES

THE

CONSTRUCTION

MAIN

ESTABLISHMENTS

MAIN CONTRACTOR, OUTPUT OF

MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT

SURVEY OF CONSTRUCTION THE "REPORT ON THE QUARTERLY QUARTER 1988", WHICH IS ON SALE AT $2.50 A COPY

GENERAL POST PUBLICATIONS

THE

IS OIVEN IN FIRST OUTPUT, AT THE GOVERNMENT CONNAUGHT BUILDING,

PUBLICATION PLACE, CENTRAL, OR AT THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT

19TH FLOOR, 12 HARBOUR ROAD, SALES COUNTER, WANGHAI TOWER 1, CHAI.REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION MAY ALSO BE ARRANGED.

CENTRE,

OFFICE

ABOUT

WAN

THE SURVEY

MAY BE

INFORMATION ENQUIRIES FOR FURTHER

AND REAL ESTATE STATISTICS DIRECTED TO THE BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON 5-8234860.

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