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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1987
THAT,
BASED ON A SYSTEM OF MANUAL FOR THE LATEST
THE COMMISSIONER ADDED EXTRACTION OF INFORMATION FROM SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRES
MONTH, PROVISIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATES COVERING THE LATEST THREE-MONTH PERIOD COULD BE MADE AFTER THE SURVEY. THESE PROVIDE AN TREND IN THE UNEMPLOYMENT AND
AVAILABLE WITHIN TWO WEEKS EARLY INDICATION OF THE LATEST
SITUATION. UNDEREMPLOYMENT
FOR
FEBRUARY
THE PROVISIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE (NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED)
PROVISIONAL UNDEREMPLOYMENT MARCH MAY 1987 WAS 1.6 PER CENT AND THE RATE WAS 1.1 PER CENT. (THE UNADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR -APRIL 1987 WAS 1.8 PER CENT.)
WERE OBTAINED CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS
THE UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS FROM A CONTINUOUS GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY AND STATISTICS DEDPARTMENT.
THIS
SURVEY COVERS
A QUARTERLY SAMPLE OF SOME 14,000 SELECTED SCIENTIFICALLY ΤΟ REPRESENT HOUSEHOLDS OR 51,000 PERSONS,
IN NON-INSTITUTIONAL POPULATION
HONG KONG. THE LAND-BASED CIVILIAN
FORCE LABOUR
DATA WERE OBTAINED IN THE PERSONAL AND
SURVEY BY EACH INDIVIDUAL
ABOVE MEMBER AGED 15 AND INTERVIEWING
IN THE IN MEASURING HOUSEHOLDS SAMPLED. IN THE SURVEY, THE DEFINITIONS USED
RECOMMENDED BY UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT FOLLOW CLOSELY THOSE THE ILO.
GIVEN IN DETAILED ANALYSIS OF LABOUR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS IS
WHICH IS PUBLISHED FOUR THE REPORT ON THE GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
MARCH 1987 TIMES A YEAR. THE NEXT REPORT COVERING THE QUARTER ENDING
GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AROUND SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FROM THE JUNE 20 AT $9.50 PER COPY.
HK-SWEDEN TEXTILES PACT SIGNED
SPOKESMAN A
FOR THE
FIVE-YEAR
TRADE
(WEDNESDAY) THAT A NEW
DEPARTMENT
ANNOUNCED
TODAY
AGREEMENT
HAS
BILATERAL TEXTILES
THE CURRENT AGREEMENT BEEN INITIALLED BETWEEN HONG KONG AND SWEDEN, EXPIRES ON AUGUST 31, 1987.
CLOTHING PRODUCTS UNDER RESTRAINT A FOURTH CATEGORY
UNDER THE NEW AGREEMENT THREE CATEGORIES OF {TRACKSUITS, SHORTS AND CORSETS) WHICH ARE CURRENTLY
1, 1987. FROM SEPTEMBER WILL BE LIBERALISED AS (BATHING SUITS) WILL BE LIBERALISED IN 1990.
IN ADDITION,