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SUNDAY, JULY 30, 1989

REPORT ON VACANCIES AT BUILDING, CONSTRUCTION SITES * * * * *

AND

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MANUAL WORKERS ENGAGED AT BUILDING

NUMBER OF CONSTRUCTION SITES IN MARCH 1989 WAS 72,950 AND THE TOTAL VACANCIES WAS 5,715. ACCORDING

AT TO A SURVEY OF VACANCIES CONSTRUCTION SITES CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THE SURVEY COVERED SOME 387 PUBLIC SECTOR SITES AND 906 PRIVATE SECTOR SITES WHICH WERE ACTIVE IN MARCH 1989.

A REPORT ON THE SURVEY WAS RELEASED TODAY (SUNDAY).

ENGAGED

THE VACANCY RATE, WHICH IS THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES EXPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE SUM TOTAL OF THE NUMBER OF MANUAL WORKERS AND THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES, WAS 7.3 PER CENT IN MARCH 1989.

SITES

OF THE 5.715 VACANCIES REPORTED FROM THE 4.509 WERE FOUND IN PUBLIC SECTOR SITES AND 1,206 IN SITES. THE VACANCY RATES FOR THE PUBLIC SECTOR AND SITES WERE RESPECTIVELY 14.1 PER CENT AND 2.6 PER CENT.

ENUMERATED.

PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR

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

PUBLIC

PRIVATE

SECTOR SITES

SECTOR SITES TOTAL

NO.

OF ACTIVE SITES

387

906

1.293

NO. OF MANUAL WORKERS

27.368

45,582

72,950

AVERAGE NO. OF WORKERS PER SITE

70.7

50.3

56.4

NO. OF VACANCIES

4.509

1.206

5,715

AVERAGE NO. OF VACANCIES PER SITE

11.7

1.3

4.4

VACANCY RATE (PER CENT)

14.1

2.6

7.3

WHEN COMPARED WITH MARCH 1988. THERE WERE DECREASES IN BOTH THE IN MARCH 1988, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VACANCIES AND THE VACANCY RATE. TOTAL NUMBER OF VACANCIES WAS 6,003 AND THE VACANCY RATE WAS 7. CENT.

5 PER

THE

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT SAID DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN PUBLISHING EMPLOYMENT AND VACANCY STATISTICS MARCH COVERING THE MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS ON A QUARTERLY BASIS SINCE

WERE, HOWEVER, 1976. VACANCY STATISTICS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION SITES NOT AVAILABLE.

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