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FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1990

END-USE

OF

THE BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES, WHEN ANALYSED BY

CONTRACTORS AT A GROSS VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED BY MAIN

OF RESPECT

RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS (INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION SITES IN

BUILDINGS) IN THE FOURTH NON-RESIDENTIAL COMBINED RESIDENTIAL AND QUARTER OF 1989 WAS $4,517 MILLION.

CENT HIGHER THAN IN THE L

THIS WAS 10.0 PER CENT AND 8.3 PER PRECEDING QUARTER AND THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1988 RESPECTIVELY.

ON THE

OTHER

WORK

HAND, THE GROSS VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION

CONSTRUCTION SITES IN RESPECT OF PERFORMED BY MAIN CONTRACTORS AT COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1989 WAS $1,240 MILLION

6.0 PER CENT REPRESENTING DECREASES COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING QUARTER AND THE RESPECTIVELY.

OF

AND

PER 10.9

CENT WHEN FOURTH QUARTER OF 1988

BY

MAIN,

IN

A BUT..

WORK PERFORMED THE GROSS VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS AT CONSTRUCTION SITES IN RESPECT OF TRANSPORT PROJECTS

REPRESENTING FOURTH QUARTER OF THE

1989 WAS $1,656 MILLION, DECREASE OF 0.2 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING QUARTER AN INCREASE OF 50.0 PER CENT OVER THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1988.

WIDESPREAD

SUB-CONTRACTING

THE

-

PRACTICE IN THE OWING TO

ESTABLISHMENT CAN BE A MAIN, CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, A CONSTRUCTION

CONTRACT CONTRACTOR FOR ONE CONTRACT AND A SUB-CONTRACTOR FOR ANOTHER SIMULTANEOUSLY.

WORK

MAIN

AND..

BY PERFORMED THE GROSS VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS REFERS TO THE OUTPUT OF THOSE CONSTRUCTION ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE PROJECTS IN WHICH THEY TAKE THE ROLE OF A MAIN CONTRACTOR,

PROJECTS IN WHICH THEY DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT OF PLAY THE ROLE OF SUB-CONTRACTORS.

·

HOWEVER, SUB-CONTRACTORS' CONTRIBUTION TO PROJECTS SHOULD

PERFORMED BEEN INCLUDED IN THE GROSS VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION THE MAIN CONTRACTORS FOR WHOM THEY WORKED.

WORK

HAVE

BY

4TH

THE

IS GIVEN IN MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT

THE THE "REPORT ON

QUARTERLY SURVEY OF CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT, AT $2.50 A A COPY AT QUARTER 1989", WHICH IS AVAILABLE ON SALE

CONNAUGHT GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GPO BUILDING,

DEPARTMENT AND STATISTICS THE OR AT

CENSUS PLACE,

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

CENTRAL

ENQUIRIES FOR FURTHER

DIRECTED TO THE BUILDING,

INFORMATION

F1

ABOUT THE SURVEY MAY BE AND CONSTRUCTION

REAL ESTATE STATISTICS. SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TEL. 823 4860.

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