Last year, among the 34 construction firms listed on the main board, three had trading in their shares suspended because they were on the verge of bankruptcy and more the 20 saw their shares prices drop to historical lows. Meanwhile, the construction sector fell 46 % over the course of the year, compared to a 21 % drop for the stock market as a whole.
以耳目最靈敏的股市來看，去年一整年，營建業三十四家上市公司中，有三家因在倒閉邊緣而暫停交易、二十多家股價創下歷史新低價位，同時建築類股指數較前年重挫百分之四十六，是大盤跌幅的兩倍多。