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All industries covered in the

22

Percentage changes in the

value of orders-on-hand in

July 1995 over July 1994 (Revised)

+6

August 1995

over August 1994 (Provisional)

+6

survey

* Wearing apparel

+5

+1

* Textiles

-10

-][

* Electronic products

+19

+18

* Electrical products

+20

+13

* Fabricated metal products

-4

+7

* Plastic products

-13

-10

* Printing and publishing

-4

+15

End/Friday, October 20, 1995

Construction output statistics

The gross value of construction work performed, in nominal terms by main contractors, including general and special trade contractors, amounted to $24.5 billion in the second quarter of 1995, and was 11% higher than a year earlier, according to the results of the Quarterly Survey of Construction Output released today (Friday) by the Census and Statistics Department.

Compared with the first quarter of 1995, the gross value of construction work performed by main contractors in the second quarter of 1995 increased by 7.4%.