THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1983
THE UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS WERE OBTAINED FROM A CONTINUOUS GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT. THIS SURVEY COVERS A QUARTERLY SAMPLE OF SOME 15 000 HOUSEHOLDS OR 55 000 PERSONS, SELECTED SCIENTIFICALLY TO REPRESENT THE LAND-BASED CIVILIAN NON-INSTITUTIONAL POPULATION IN HONG KONG.
PERSONAL AND LABOUR FORCE DATA WERE OBTAINED IN THE SURVEY BY INTERVIEWING EACH INDIVIDUAL MEMBER IN THE HOUSEHOLDS SAMPLED.
THE COMMISSIONER FOR CENSUS AND STATISTICS SAID THAT BECAUSE THE PROPORTION OF FIRST-TIME JOB-SEEKERS (E.G. PEOPLE WHO HAVE JUST LEFT SCHOOL) VARIES FROM MONTH TO MONTH, THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES SEASONALLY ADJUSTED FOR THE VARIATIONS IN FIRST-TIME
THE JOB-SEEKERS SHOULD BE USED IN MAKING COMPARISONS OVER TIME. UNADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR THE QUARTER ENDING MAY 1983 WAS 4.9 PER CENT.
HE ADDED THAT DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE LABOUR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS IS GIVEN IN THE REPORT OF THE GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY WHICH IS PUBLISHED FOUR TIMES A YEAR. THE NEXT REPORT COVERING THE QUARTER ENDING JUNE 1983 SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE IN SEPTEMBER.
CHIEF SECRETARY SEES TUNG WAH WORK
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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE TODAY (THURSDAY) WENT TO SEE SOME OF THE FACILITIES PROVIDED BY THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS.
ACCOMPANIED BY MR EDWIN LEUNG CHUNG-CHING, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, HE VISITED KWONG WAH HOSPITAL, THE GROUP'S LARGEST HOSPITAL, AND THE LO MAN HUEN HOSTEL FOR THE ELDERLY IN SHA TIN.
SIR PHILIP WAS FIRST BRIEFED ON THE HISTORY OF TUNG WAH AND ON THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE GROUP, AT THE MUSEUM LOCATED AT KWONG WAH HOSPITAL. HE WAS IMPRESSED BY THE DIVERSITY OF CHARITABLE SERVICES DEVELOPED BY THE GROUP SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN 1870.
THE CHIEF SECRETARY WAS THEN ESCORTED ON A VISIT TO SOME SERVICE UNITS OF KWONG WAH HOSPITAL THE X-RAY DEPARTMENT, THE PHYSIOTHERAPY DEPARTMENT, THE GERIATRIC UNIT AND THE PAEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT, HE ALSO SAW A NURSING CLASS IN PROGRESS AND SPOKE TO SOME OF THE STUDENT NURSES. SIR PHILIP NOTED THE IMPORTANT ROLE PLAYED BY KWONG WAH HOSPITAL IN PROVIDING MEDICAL SERVICES FOR THE DENSELY POPULATED AREA OF WEST KOWLOON.
THE VISIT TO THE KWONG WAH HOSPITAL WAS FOLLOWED BY A VISIT TO THE LO MAN HUEN HOSTEL FOR THE ELDERLY, LOCATED IN MEI LAM ESTATE, SHA TIN, SIR PHILIP WAS SHOWN THE FACILITIES PROVIDED THERE FOR SOME 100 ELDERLY RESIDENTS. HE WAS TOLD THAT THE TUNG WAH GROUP PLANS TO PROVIDE ABOUT 1 000 ADDITIONAL PLACES IN FIVE NEW HOSTELS AND HOMES FOR THE ELDERLY IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
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