An Analysis of the Technical Efficiency in Hong Kong’s Construction Industry WANG Yousong (= @ 4) Department of Real Estate and Construction The University of Hong Kong Supervisor : Professor K.W. Chau ‘A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong October 1998Declaration 1 declare that this th represents my own work, except where due acknowledgement is made, and that it has not been previously included in a thesis, dissertation or report submitted to this University or to any other institution for a degree, diploma or other qualification Signed be ~ 1 WANG YousongAcknowledgements 1am indebted to my supervisor Prof. K.W. Chau for his invaluable guidance and advice. Many of his thoughts and ideas are reflected in this thesis and of great value to my future research. I would like to thank the Census and Statistics Department of Hong Kong Government and Levett & Bailey Chartered Quantity Surveyors for kindly offering the raw data which was indispensable in writing this thesis. ‘My thanks are also due to Dr, T.G. Yung for his help in mathematics and Ms. Zhang Yan for her help with the original data input and computation. Finally, I would like to thank all members of staff in the Department of Real Estate and Construction for their valuable support.