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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 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.
DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE LABOUR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS IS GIVEN IN THE REPORT ON THE GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY WHICH IS PUBLISHED FOUR TIMES A YEAR. THE NEXT REPORT COVERING THE QUARTER ENDING SEPTEMBER 1983 SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AROUND DECEMBER 20, 1983. ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE LABOUR FORCE STATISTICS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, TEL. NO, 5-452586.
LANDS AND WORKS' DEVELOPMENT STUDY READY SOON
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THE RESULTS OF INTENSIVE, LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT STUDIES CARRIED OUT OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, MR NICKY CHAN, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
MR CHAN TOLD MEMBERS OF HONG KONG WEST ROTARY CLUB THAT THE STUDIES WOULD LEAD TO FUNDAMENTAL DECISIONS AS TO THE SIZE AND BROAD THRUST OF GOVERNMENT'S FUTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME.
HE SAID AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE STUDIES HAD BEEN TO DEFINE THE PROBLEM.
IN SIMPLE TERMS, THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, WHAT WAS LIKELY TO BE REQUIRED IN THE 1990'S, COULD BE PROVIDED BY LOOKING AT FORECASTS OR PROJECTIONS OF POPULATION GROWTH.
HOWEVER, IT WAS OBVIOUSLY MUCH MORE COMPLICATED THAN THAT BECAUSE WHAT HAD TO BE LOOKED FOR BASICALLY WAS A RELIABLE INDICATION OF HOW MUCH LAND WOULD BE REQUIRED TO MEET THE NEEDS ARISING FROM POPULATION GROWTH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND ANY SUCH ASSESSMENT OF THE FUTURE DEMAND FOR LAND WOULD DEPEND ON FORECASTS OF THE QUANTITY AND TYPE OF HOUSING REQUIRED, THE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY WHICH COULD BE EXPECTED. TO PRODUCE JOBS FOR WORKERS, AND THE SCALE OF PROVISION FOR SCHOOLING AND TRAINING, RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES.
INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSPORTATION REQUIREMENTS ALSO NEEDED TO BE ASSESSED BECAUSE DISTANCES BETWEEN HOMES AND JOBS AND BETWEEN FACTORIES AND PORT FACILITIES PRODUCED TRAVEL AND TRANSPORT DEMANDS, AND IT WAS IMPERATIVE THAT LAND AND TRANSPORTATION PLANNING BE LOOKED AT TOGETHER FOR EFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT.
+ IN ALL THIS, WE HAVE ALSO TO BEAR IN MIND THE RELATIVE ROLES OF THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS IN THE FIELD OF DEVELOPMENT, + MR CHAN SAID.
/HE SAID