TNAG-1483-FCO40-2037-Economic-situation-in-Hong-Kong-1986 — Page 70

5.11

In June

1986,

employment on

building

and

construction

sites

showed

little change

over the same

month last

year

(10).

A

breakdown by sectors

shows

different movements. While employment on private sector sites increased by 7%, employment on public sector sites decreased by 10%, largely reflecting the completion of the MTR Island Line. In line with these changes, there was a

shift in the distribution of employment from

civil

(10)

/engineering

Number of manual workers engaged in public sector and private sector projects :

Public

Private

Total

1984 Mar

37 766

(-4.5)

33 842

(-8.1)

71 608

(-6.2)

Jun

33 299

(-17.4)

33 741

(-1.0)

67 040

(-9.9)

Sep

33 620

(-17.5)

34 112

(12.1)

67 732

(-4.8)

Dec

32 569

(-16.8)

36 034

(14.6)

68 603

(-2.8)

1985 Mar

30 698

(-18.7)

37 034

(9.4)

67 732

(-5.4)

Jun

28 518

(-14.4)

35 738

(5.9)

64 256

(-4.2)

Sep

28 353

(-15.7)

36 074

(5.8)

64 427

(-4.9)

dec

28 258

(-13.2)

38 055

(5.6)

66 313

(-3.3)

1986 Mar

27 117

(-11.7)

38 905

(5.1)

66 022

(-2.5)

Jun

25 702

(-9.9)

38 290

(7.1)

63 992

(-0.4)

Note :

() % change on the same period of preceding year.

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