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THE TRANSPORT COMPLAINTS UNIT, SET UP UNDER THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO RECEIVE AND MONITOR COMPLAINTS ON TRANSPORT MATTERS, OPERATES A 24-HOUR HOTLINE ON 5-776866.
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UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS RELEASED
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THE UNEMPLOYMENT SITUATION REMAINED STABLE WHILE THE UNDEREMPLOYMENT SITUATION IMPROVED IN THE JULY-SEPTEMBER 1986 QUARTER, COMPARED WITH THE QUARTER ENDING JUNE 1986, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST LABOUR FORCE STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (SATURDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR JULY-SEPTEMBER WAS 2.8 PER CENT, COMPARED WITH THE RATE OF 3.0 PER CENT FOR THE QUARTER ENDING JUNE AND OF 3.3 PER CENT FOR THE SAME QUARTER OF LAST YEAR. THE DECREASE OF 0.2 PERCENTAGE POINT COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS QUARTER IS STATISTICALLY NOT SIGNIFICANT, WHILE THE DECREASE OF 0.5 PERCENTAGE POINT COMPARED WITH THE SAME QUARTER OF LAST YEAR IS STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT.
THE NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS IN THE JULY-SEPTEMBER QUARTER WAS ESTIMATED AT 75 000, COMPARED WITH 80 600 FOR THE QUARTER ENDING JUNE AND 86 900 FOR THE SAME QUARTER OF LAST YEAR.
THE UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE FOR JULY-SEPTEMBER WAS 1.3 PER CENT, WHICH COMPARES WITH THE RATE OF 1.9 PER CENT FOR THE QUARTER ENDING JUNE. THE RATE FOR JULY-SEPTEMBER 1985 WAS 2.1 PER CENT. THE DECREASES OF 0.6 PERCENTAGE POINT COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS QUARTER AND OF 0.8 PERCENTAGE POINT COMPARED WITH THE SAME QUARTER OF LAST YEAR ARE BOTH STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT.
THE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF UNDEREMPLOYED PERSONS FOR THE JULY-SEPTEMBER QUARTER WAS 36 600, COMPARED WITH 52 200 FOR THE QUARTER ENDING JUNE AND 55 400 FOR JULY-SEPTEMBER 1985.
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