Levels of construction activity remain high

摘要

It is evident that overall sentiment in the construction industry continues to be positive, from the data shown in the Q1 2013 RICS Hong Kong Construction Market Survey. Total workloads kept on rising in most parts of the industry, with the headline net balance moving from +39 to +37 in Q1. The private commercial workloads net balance rose from +50 to +56, in terms of the sector breakdown. Respondents in the private industrial works category reported that workloads were stabilised, with the net balance strengthening from -20 to 0. On the other hand, public housing and public non-housing workloads continued to surge. Infrastructure workloads seemed to be an important factor again in pushing up the overall construction industry output.