Official statistics comprise statistics compiled by the Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) and those compiled by various policy bureaux and other government departments. Broadly speaking, statistics which are of a general purpose and useful to various functional areas are mainly compiled by the C&SD while those relating to more specific functional areas are compiled by the bureaux/departments concerned, in which case hyperlinks are provided to relevant websites for facilitating retrieval of these official statistics.

Official statistics on "Land, Building, Construction and Real Estate" are compiled by Census and Statistics Department as well as various policy bureaux and other government departments. This section provides statistics in this area together with related publications, press releases and other reference materials released by the Census and Statistics Department as well as hyperlinks to related official statistics on relevant websites for facilitating retrieval.

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Gross Value of Construction Works at Constant (2000) Market Prices Performed by Main Contractors Analysed by Broad Trade Group1st Qtr 2010 #% change #
Private sector sites (HK$ Million)5,657-29.1
Public sector sites (HK$ Million)5,887+63.7
Locations other than sites (HK$ Million)11,200-0.8
Total (HK$ Million)22,745-0.5

Gross Value of Construction Works in Nominal Terms Performed by Contractors Analysed by Broad Trade Group1st Qtr 2010 #% change #
Private sector sites (HK$ Million)6,353-26.1
Public sector sites (HK$ Million)6,591+66.1
Locations other than sites (HK$ Million)12,116+3.1
Total (HK$ Million)25,060+3.1

Gross Value of Construction Works at Constant (2000) Market Prices Performed by Main Contractors at Construction Sites Analysed by Broad End-use Group1st Qtr 2010 #% change #
Buildings (HK$ Million)7,941-9.6
Structures & facilities (HK$ Million)3,604+28.9
Total (HK$ Million)11,545-0.3

Gross Value of Construction Works in Nominal Terms Performed by Main Contractors at Construction Sites Analysed by Broad End-use Group1st Qtr 2010 #% change #
Buildings (HK$ Million)8,965-4.8
Structures & facilities (HK$ Million)3,979+26.4
Total (HK$ Million)12,944+3.0

#Provisional figures.

Index Numbers of the Costs of Labour and Materials Used in Public Sector Construction Projects (April 2003 = 100)
Cost of Labour IndexMay-10Jun-10
Composite labour wages for civil engineering contracts95.095.2
Composite labour wages for building contracts87.687.5
Cost of Materials Index
Aggregates113.0110.3
Bitumen192.3190.6
Concrete blocks142.4143.1
Diesel fuel181.9176.6
Glass127.9127.9
Glazed ceramic wall tiles139.6139.6
Hardwood148.8148.8
Homogeneous floor tiles138.3138.9
Galvanised mild steel252.4248.1
Metal formwork194.1193.3
Mosaic tiles140.9144.5
Paint122.5123.2
Portland cement (ordinary)117.1117.1
Sand277.9272.6
Steel reinforcement224.0214.4
Teak165.4165.4
Timber formwork144.7144.7
uPVC lined GMS pipes116.7116.7
uPVC pipes137.2137.2
GMS pipes168.4169.5
Copper pipes (September 2008 = 100) @93.793.7

@The copper pipes cost index is a new index series with data collection commenced since 2008. The index adopts September 2008 as the base period (i.e. September 2008 = 100) and its index level is not directly comparable with those of other series.

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Related Statistical Tables in the Pocket Data Guide "Hong Kong in Figures"
* Private Buildings Newly Completed by End-use PDF (62 KB)
* Private Buildings with Consent to Commence Work by End-use PDF (62 KB)
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* Construction Indices (Architectural Service Department)
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* Land Transactions Statistics (Land Registry)