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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25,

1989

LAST 12 MONTHS

JAN-DEC

1988.

HK$ MN.

JAN-DEC 1987 HK$ MN.

INCREASE

HKS MN.

X

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

217,666

195,254.

22,412

11.5

(% OF TOTAL EXPORTS)

(44.1%)

(51.6%)

RE-EXPORTS

275,403

182,780

92,623

50.7

TOTAL EXPORTS

493,069

378,034

115,035

30.4

IMPORTS

498,801

377,948

120,853

32.0

TRADE BALANCE

-5,732

86

-5,818

SURVEY ON VACANCIES AT BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION SITES

* * * *

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MANUAL

WORKERS

ENGAGED AT

BUILDING AND TOTAL NUMBER AT OF VACANCIES

CONSTRUCTION SITES IN SEPTEMBER 1988 WAS 73,077 AND THE

ACCORDING

ΤΟ A

SURVEY

OF VACANCIES WAS 7,600, CONSTRUCTION SITES CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

SOME 404 PUBLIC SECTOR

IN ACTIVE

SEPTEMBER

RESULTS OF THE SURVEY, WHICH COVERED

WERE WHICH SITES AND 849 PRIVATE SECTOR SITES 1988, WERE RELEASED TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

VACANCIES EXPRESSED ENGAGED

THE VACANCY RATE, WHICH IS THE NUMBER OF AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE SUM TOTAL OF THE NUMBER MANUAL WORKERS AND THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES, WAS 9.4 PER CENT IN SEPTEMBER 1988.

REPORTED FROM

ENUMERATED,

THE SITES

IN PRIVATE SECTOR

OF THE 7,600 VACANCIES 5,513 WERE FOUND IN PUBLIC SECTOR SITES AND 2,087 SITES.

PUBLIC

SECTOR

AND

THE VACANCY RATES FOR THE SITES WERE RESPECTIVELY 17.6 PER CENT AND 4.2 PER CENT.

PRIVATE

SECTOR

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

NO. OF ACTIVE SITES

NO. OF MANUAL WORKERS

AVERAGE NO. OF WORKERS

PER SITE

PUBLIC

SECTOR SITES

404

25,804

PRIVATE SECTOR SITES

TOTAL

849

1,253

47,273

73,077

63.9

55.7

/NO. OF

58.3