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F DAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1988

VACANCIES AT BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES

WORKERS ENGAGED ON BUILDING AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MANUAL

TOTAL NUMBER OF CONSTRUCTION SITES IN MARCH 1988 WAS 74,126 AND THE

ΤΟ ACCORDING

AT SURVEY VACANCIES WAS 6,003,

A NEW

OF VACANCIES CONSTRUCTION SITES CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

SECTOR

SITES AND 877 THE

THE SURVEY COVERED SOME 395 PUBLIC PRIVATE SECTOR SITES WHICH WERE ACTIVE IN MARCH 1988. FINDINGS OF SURVEY WERE RELEASED TODAY (FRIDAY).

THE VACANCY RATE, WHICH IS THE NUMBER

OF TOTAL

OF VACANCIES EXPRESSED THE NUMBER OF MANUAL WORKERS AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE SUM ENGAGED AND THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES, WAS 7.5 PER CENT IN MARCH 1988.

ENUMERATED, IN PRIVATE SECTOR

REPORTED FROM THE SITES OF THE 6,003 VACANCIES 4,708 WERE FOUND IN PUBLIC SECTOR SITES AND 1,295 SITES.

SECTOR PUBLIC

AND

THE VACANCY RATES FOR THE SITES WERE RESPECTIVELY 14.2 PER CENT AND 2.8 PER CENT.

PRIVATE

SECTOR

A SUMMARY OF THE SURVEY FINDINGS IS GIVEN IN THE TABLE BELOW:

PUBLIC SECTOR SITES

PRIVATE SECTOR SITES

TOTAL

NO. OF ACTIVE SITES

395

877

1272

NO. OF MANUAL WORKERS

28.342

45,784

74,126

AVERAGE NO. OF WORKERS PER SITE

71.8

52.2

58.3

NO. OF VACANCIES

4,708

1,295

6,003

AVERAGE NO. OF VACANCIES PER SITE

11.9

1.5

4.7

VACANCY RATE (%)

14.2

2.8

7.5

SAID THE STATISTICS. SINCE MARCH

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT

AND VACANCY EMPLOYMENT BEEN DEPARTMENT HAS

PUBLISHING COVERING THE MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS ON A QUARTERLY BASIS 1976.

VACANCY STATISTICS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION NOT AVAILABLE. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SUCH CONDUCTED A SPECIAL SURVEY

OF

SITES WERE, HOWEVER, STATISTICS, THE DEPARTMENT

SITES VACANCIES AT CONSTRUCTION

IN

MARCH 1988.

IT IS

INTENDED

ΤΟ

REPEAT

THE

IN SURVEY

EVERY

MARCH

AND

SEPTEMBER IN FUTURE.

/IN THE