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THOSE CLASSIFIED AS +UNEMPLOYED+ ALSO INCLUDED PEOPLE WHO WERE WAITING TO TAKE UP A NEW JOB; OR WHO HAD TEMPORARILY BEEN LAID OFF WORK WITHOUT PAY; OR WHO WERE AVAILABLE FOR WORK, BUT WERE NOT ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR WORK BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS NONE TO BE HAD OR BECAUSE THEY WERE TEMPORARILY SICK.
ACCORDING TO THE DEFINITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT USED IN THE GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, THERE WERE 85 800 UNEMPLOYED PERSONS IN HONG KONG IN JUNE 1982, REPRESENTING 3.4 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL LABOUR FORCE. AFTER ADJUSTMENT FOR SEASONAL EFFECTS, THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 3.3 PER CENT COMPARED WITH 3.4 PER CENT ON THE LABOUR FORCE SURVEY DEFINITION.
THE COMMISSIONER SAID THAT COPIES OF THE REPORT ON THE MAY TO JULY 1982 GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY MAY BE BOUGHT FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING.
HE ADDED THAT SIMILAR INFORMATION ON EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT WILL BE PUBLISHED AT REGULAR THREE-MONTHLY INTERVALS.
IMPORTANCE OF TEXTILE INDUSTRY MANPOWER TRAINING STRESSED
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THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY WILL REMAIN A MAJOR LOCAL INDUSTRY VITAL TO HONG KONG'S ECONOMY BECAUSE IT PROVIDES RELIABLE AND NECESSARY SUPPORT TO THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY, IT IS STATED IN THE REPORT ON THE SIXTH MANPOWER SURVEY OF THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD.
THE REPORT POINTS OUT THAT MANPOWER TRAINING SHOULD NOT BE NEGLECTED DURING THE CURRENT ECONOMIC DOWNTURN BECAUSE OF THE LONG LEAD TIME NEEDED TO TRAIN COMPETENT TECHNOLOGISTS, TECHNICIANS AND CRAFTSMEN.
THE REPORT, ON SALE AT $31 A COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE, CONTAINS FINDINGS OF A SURVEY CONDUCTED IN OCTOBER 1981, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT AND THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.
IT CONTAINS INFORMATION, IN CHINESE AND ENGLISH, ON THE EMPLOYMENT STRUCTURE OF THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY, THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IN EACH PRINCIPAL JOB, A FORECAST OF THE TRAINING NEEDS OF THE INDUSTRY AND RECOMMENDS MEASURES TO COPE WITH THE NEEDS.
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