TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1984
THE PROVISIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED) FOR MAY - JULY 1984 WAS 3.7 PER CENT, AND THE PROVISIONAL
THE UNADJUSTED UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 0.9 PER CENT. UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR APRIL - JUNE 1984 WAS 3.6 PER CENT.
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 INTERVIEW ING EACH INDIVIDUAL MEMBER IN THE HOUSEHOLD 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 JUNE 1984 SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE LATE IN SEPTEMBER.
TRIDENT FLATS PROVE POPULAR ****
THE 1 632 HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME FLATS ON THE FIRST TWO TRIDENT BLOCKS WERE SOLD OUT TODAY UNDER PHASE VIA OF THE SCHEME.
+LOCATED AT MAY SHING COURT IN SHA TIN, THE FLATS WERE GREATLY WELCOMED BY APPLICANTS FROM PUBLIC HOUSING TENANTS TO WHOM PRIORITY WAS GIVEN IN SELECTING THE FLATS,+ SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
HE SAID THE OVERWHELMING RESPONSE HAD INDICATED THE POPULARITY OF THE OPEN-PLAN DESIGN AND OTHER FEATURES OF THE TRIDENT BLOCKS.
+THE RELATIVELY LOW PRICES OF THE FLATS, RANGING FROM $99 800 TO $174 700, ARE ALSO AN ADDITIONAL ATTRACTION.
+FLATS OF OTHER STANDARD DESIGNS AT THE FOUR PHASE VIA PROJECTS OF MAY SHING COURT, CHOI PO COURT IN SHEUNG SHUI, TAI PO PLAZA IN TAI PO AND SIU HONG COURT PHASE IV IN TUEN MUN WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE FOR SELECTION FROM THURSDAY (AUGUST 16).
+SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS FROM BOTH PUBLIC HOUSING TENANTS AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR MAY SELECT THEIR FLATS IN THE ORDER OF THEIR PRIORITY GIVEN,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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