Information from the Statistics and Census Service showed that in the third quarter of 2006, construction of 18 buildings was started, with 309 units and 175,810 m² in gross floor area, down 78.8% and 60.7% respectively over the third quarter of 2005, but up 103.3% and 38.1% respectively in comparison with the second quarter of 2006. A sum of 714 parking spaces for cars and 152 parking spaces for motorcycles were provided. In the first three quarters of 2006, the newly started buildings provided 1,833 units and 589,537 m² in gross floor area, down 24.1% and 61.9% year-on-year respectively. In this quarter, a total of 27 buildings were completed and extended, involving 2,049 units and 536,745 m² in gross floor area, up 1.5 times and 4.9 times respectively over the third quarter of 2005, and up 3.1 times and 55.3% respectively in comparison with the second quarter of 2006. A sum of 2,691 parking spaces for cars and 430 parking spaces for motorcycles were provided. In the first three quarters of the year, the completed and extended buildings provided 2,904 units and 1,062,959 m² in gross floor area, up 2.2 times and 4.9 times respectively over the same period of 2005. In addition, the number of residential buildings completed and extended was 21, supplying 1,904 building units, which went up 1.6 times and 3.2 times over the third quarter of 2005 and the second quarter of 2006 respectively. The housing units were mainly T3 (1,379 units), accounting for 72.4% of the total, followed by T2 (472 units). The number of housing units completed in the first three quarters of 2006 was 2,681 units, showing a year-on-year increase of 2.5 times.
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