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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1988

IN THE AND LANDS DEPARTMENT OF THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES SERVICES DEPARTMENT, HIGHWAYS WATER SUPPLIES

IN THE NEW SURVEY, ALL PRIVATE SECTOR SITES REGISTERED

OF BUILDINGS AND BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE PUBLIC SECTOR SITES UNDER THE CHARGE DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT,

CIVIL ENGINEERING

TERRITORY

DEVELOPMENT

DEPARTMENT AND HOUSING DEPARTMENT ARE COVERED.

DEPARTMENT,

OF THE MASS TRANSIT CORPORATION ARE ALSO

THR CONTROL UNDER IN ADDITION, SITES RAILWAY CORPORATION AND KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY INCLUDED.

CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

VILLAGE-TYPE FOR

IN HOUSES

AND

TERRITORIES AND MINOR ALTERATIONS, REPAIRS, MAINTENANCE DECORATION OF EXISTING BUILDINGS ARE, HOWEVER, NOT INCLUDED.

THE NEW INTERIOR

THE SURVEY

TO VISITS

THE SOLICIT

MAIN CONTRACTOR

DATA WERE COLLECTED BY PERSONAL INTERVIEWS. DURING

DEPARTMENT PAID THE OF FIELD OFFICERS

SECTOR PRIVATE SITE

PERIOD, CONSTRUCTION SITE IN

THE

INFORMATION DIRECTLY FROM

SUB-CONTRACTORS.

EACH REQUIRED

OR

ΤΟ AGENTS OF THE

SITES, DATA

WERE

SOLICITED FROM THE OF WORKS, WHO OBTAINED

THE

FOR THE PUBLIC SECTOR

RESPONSIBLE RESIDENT ENGINEER OR CLERK INFORMATION FROM THE CONTRACTORS.

DIFFICULTIES IN

THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT BECAUSE OF THE DEFINING AND OBTAINING ACCURATE INFORMATION ON THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES AT CONSTRUCTION SITES, READERS ARE ADVISED TO TAKE DEFINITION OF VACANCY ADOPTED AND THE LIMITATIONS OF THE INTERPRETING THE SURVEY RESULTS.

DUE NOTE OF THE SURVEY WHEN

TO

UNFILLED, IMMEDIATELY IN THE SURVEY, VACANCIES REFER TO THOSE

ACTIVE STEPS ARE BEING TAKEN AVAILABLE JOB OPENINGS FOR WHICH RECRUIT THE WORKERS. THIS DEFINITION IS CONSISTENT WITH IN OTHER SURVEYS CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THAT ADOPTED

HOWEVER,

IT

SITES,

IN

IS BELIEVED THAT THERE ARE SUBSTANTIAL POSSIBILITIES IN THE EMPLOYMENT OF SUBSTITUTION AND RE-SCHEDULING

ΤΟ RESPONSE

CHANGES IN LABOUR WORKERS AT CONSTRUCTION SUPPLY AND WORK REQUIREMENTS.

BUILDING CONTRACTORS ARE

CONCERNED.

SENSE AS FAR AS CONSEQUENTLY VACANCIES CARRY A MUCH, LOOSER

+

THIS MEANS THAT VACANCY DATA ΤΟ BE SUBJECT SUPPLIED BY CONTRACTORS OR SUB-CONTRACTORS ARE LIKELY TO LARGE VARIATIONS IN REPORTING BEHAVIOUR.

AMONG THE SITES SURVEYED IN MARCH

OF THE

1988, SURVEY.

MANY WERE FOUND TO TO IT IS DIFFICULT

WERE ABLE TO FILL

HAVE NO VACANCIES AT THE TIME DETERMINE WHETHER IN THESE SITES THE CONTRACTORS ALL VACANCIES OR THEY HAD IN FACT DELAYED THE PROJECTS INSTEAD.

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