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Thursday, June 14, 1975
EMPLOYMENT SURVEY IN INDUSTRY
A survey of employment and vacancies in registered and recorded
industrial establishments for the second quarter of 1973 is being carried
out by the Census and Statistics Department on behalf of the Labour Department.
Printed employment return cards were sent to managements of all
industrial establishments which have been registered with or recorded by the
Labour Department on June 11, 1973. They were requested to provide the
information sought as of tomorrow (Friday) and to return promptly the cards
in the reply-paid envelopes attached, to the Census and Statistics Department
on or before next Tuesday (June 19).
These statistics
The numbers employed and vacancies in each of the main industries
in Hong Kong will be compiled from the information collected.
will provide up-to-date information on employment as well as employment trends
over the years.
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Mr. K.W.J. Topley, the Commissioner for Census and Statistics, said
it was hoped that all managements who had received the cards vould complete
them accurately and return them promptly to his department.
During the last survey carried out by the Labour Department in
March this year, the overall response rate was 63 per cent, but the response
from the larger industrial establishments was 100 per cent.
"This could be further improved if all establishments, particularly
the smaller ones, would respond promptly to the survey", Mr. Topley said,
He stressed that the information provided would be kept strictly
confidential and would only be used for the preparation of statistical summaries.
The cards will be destroyed under supervision after the relevant information
has been extracted and summarised.
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