manual workers engaged on private sector sites increased by 5%, employment on public sector sites continued to decline, by 12%, mainly due to the completion of the major part of the MTR Island Line. As most civil engineering works are undertaken by the public sector (including the Mass Transit Railway Corporation), there was a shift in the distribution of
employment from civil engineering projects to building
projects (13), and probably а similar shift in the
composition of building and construction output.
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The value of retained imports of construction machinery nevertheless rose, by 30% in the first half of 1986 compared with the corresponding period last year, following an But given the small base of
increase of 93% in 1985(14).
·
(13)
/comparison,
1984 Mar
51 993
Building sites
(-9.1)
Number of manual workers engaged on building and construction sites:
Total
Civil engineering sites
19 615
Jun
50 074
(-9.1)
16 966
(2.5) (-12.2)
71 608 (-6.2)
67 040
(-9.9)
Sep
50 435
(-1.3)
17 297
(-13.8)
67 732
(-4.8)
Dec
52 142
(2.4)
16 461
(-16.4)
68 603
(-2.8)
1985
Mar
52 712
(1.4)
15 020
(-23.4)
67 732
(-5.4)
Jun
51 731
(3.3)
12 525
(-26.3)
64 256
(-4.2)
Sep
53 006
(5.1)
11 421
(-34.0)
64 427
(-4.9)
Dec
55 119
(5.7)
11 194
(-32.0)
66 313
(-3.3)
1986 Mar
55 503
(5.3)
10 519 (-30.0)
66 022
(-2.5)
Note: ( )% change on the same period of preceding year.
(14) Retained imports of construction machinery:
$Mn
Year-on-year growth rate
in money terms (%)
1981
467
76
1982
617
32
1983
309
-50
1984*
188
-39
1985
362
93
1986 Q1
98
46
Q2
97
17
H1
195
30
Note: Figures for
1984 and subsequent years comparable with those of preceding reclassification of certain items.
are
not
strictly
years
due
to
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