Information from the Statistics and Census Service shows that in the second quarter of 2006, construction of 9 buildings was started, with 152 units and 127,264 m² in gross floor area, down 50.3% and 87.5% respectively over the second quarter of 2005, and down 88.9% and 55.6% respectively in comparison with the first quarter of 2006. A sum of 359 parking spaces for cars and 44 parking spaces for motorcycles were provided. In the first half of 2006, the newly started buildings provided 1,524 units and 413,728 m² in gross floor area, up 59.1% and down 62.3% respectively in comparison with the same period of 2005. In the second quarter of 2006, a total of 21 buildings were completed or extended, involving 501 units and 345,581 m² in gross floor area, up 26.8 times and 52.2 times respectively over the second quarter of 2005, and up 41.5% and 91.3% respectively in comparison with the first quarter of 2006. A sum of 1,722 parking spaces for cars and 997 parking spaces for motorcycles were provided. In the first half of 2006, the completed and extended buildings provided 855 units and 526,214 m² in gross floor area, up 11.8 times and 4.9 times respectively in comparison with the same period of 2005. In the second quarter of 2006, the number of residential buildings completed and extended was only 5, supplying 453 building units, which went up 31.4 times and 39.8% over the second quarter of 2005 and the first quarter of 2006 respectively. The housing units were mainly T4 and over (i.e., with four or more rooms), making up 98% (444 units) of the total. The number of housing units completed in the first half of 2006 was 777 units, an increase of 15.5 times compared with the same period of 2005.
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