KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 9 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia’s construction sector continued to expand in the second quarter of the year, with the value of work done rising by 8.1 percent year-on-year to 32.4 billion ringgit (about 7.08 billion U.S. dollars), official data showed today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM), said in a statement that, the growth was supported continuously by double-digit growth in civil engineering with 10.4 percent in the quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the meantime, the sub-sector of special trade activities recorded higher growth in this quarter by 9.8 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The non-residential buildings sub-sector also grew modestly by 5.7 percent in the quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, the work done value in the residential buildings sub-sectors rebounded to 6.9 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is noted that a total of 12.1 billion ringgit, or 37.4 percent of the construction work done value, was civil engineering, contributed mainly by the construction of roads and railways with a value of 6.5 billion ringgit in the quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The value of work done for non-residential buildings and residential buildings was 9.9 billion ringgit (30.7 percent) and 7.3 billion ringgit (22.7 percent), respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The combined share of these two construction activities made up more than half of the work done value in this quarter, encompassing 53.4 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, special trade activities amounted to three billion ringgit (9.2 percent).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The private sector remained as the main driver to the growth in this quarter, with an increase of 17.3 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The value of work done by the private sector amounted to 20.4 billion ringgit, or 63.1 percent of the total construction work done value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nevertheless, the public sector with a share of 36.9 percent, or equivalent to 11.9 billion ringgit, declined by 4.8 percent. (1 ringgit equals 0.22 U.S. dollar)– NNN-BERNAMA <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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