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SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 1983
THE SWIMMING POOL AND REST GARDEN COMPLEX, WILL BE OFFICIALLY DECLARED OPEN BY SIR EDWARD AT A CEREMONY AT 11.15 AM ON SATURDAY (APRIL 23).
ALSO PRESENT AT THE FUNCTION WILL BE THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES, MR BRIAN WILSON AND THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR JOHN HEYWOOD.
OTHERS PRESENT WILL BE THE REGIONAL SECRETARY (NEW TERRITORIES), MR IAN MACPHERSON, THE DIRECTOR OF BUILDING DEVELOPMENT, MR MOK WAI-TAK, THE DISTRICT OFFICER OF YUEN LONG, MR JAMES WILSON, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF HEUNG YEE KUK, MR LAU WONG-FAT.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE YUEN LONG SWIMMING POOL AT 11.15 AM ON SATURDAY (APRIL 23).
NTSD INFORMATION OFFICERS WILL ASSIST THE PRESS.
QUARTERLY LABOUR FORCE STATISTICS
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THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR THE QUARTER DECEMBER 1982 - FEBRUARY 1983 WAS 4.5 PER CENT, WHICH COMPARES WITH 3.9 PER CENT FOR THE PREVIOUS QUARTER ENDING NOVEMBER 1982, AND 3.1 PER CENT FOR THE QUARTER ENDING FEBRUARY LAST YEAR.
THE INCREASES OF 0.6 PERCENTAGE POINT AND 1.4 PERCENTAGE POINTS RESPECTIVELY COMPARED WITH THE TWO PREVIOUS QUARTERS ARE STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT. THE COMMISSIONER FOR CENSUS AND STATISTICS, MR COLIN GREENFIELD, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
THE NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS IN THE QUARTER ENDING FEBRUARY 1983 WAS PROVISIONALLY ESTIMATED TO BE 113 000, AS COMPARED WITH 98 000 FOR THE PREVIOUS QUARTER, AND 77 700 FOR THE SAME QUARTER LAST YEAR.
THE UNDEREMPLOYMENT