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FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1987
OF
THE COMMISSIONER ADDED THAT, BASED ON A SYSTEM
MANUAL FOR EXTRACTION OF INFORMATION FROM SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRES
THE LATEST MONTH, PROVISIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATES COVERING
COULD THE LATEST THREE MONTH PERIOD
BE MADE AVAILABLE WITHIN WEEKS AFTER THE SURVEY. THESE PROVIDE AN EARLY INDICATION OF THE LATEST TREND IN THE UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT SITUATION.
THE PROVISIONAL
TWO
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, FOR MAY JULY 1987 WAS 1.8 PER CENT AND THE PROVISIONAL UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 1 PER CENT.
THE UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS WERE OBTAINED CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS FROM A CONTINUOUS GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT. THIS SURVEY COVERS A QUARTERLY SAMPLE OF SOME 14,000 HOUSEHOLDS OR 51,000 PERSONS, SELECTED REPRESENT THE
CIVILIAN NON-INSTITUTIONAL
HONG KONG,
LAND-BASED
SCIENTIFICALLY POPULATION
TO
IN
SURVEY BY PERSONAL AND LABOUR FORCE DATA WERE OBTAINED IN THE
EACH INTERVIEWING
INDIVIDUAL MEMBER AGED 15 AND ABOVE IN THE MEASURING HOUSEHOLDS SAMPLED. IN THE SURVEY, THE DEFINITIONS USED IN UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT FOLLOW CLOSELY THOSE RECOMMENDED BY THE ILO.
SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FROM THE GOVERNMENT SEPTEMBER 20, 1987 AT $9.50 PER COPY.
GIVEN IN DETAILED ANALYSIS OF LABOUR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS IS THE REPORT ON THE GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY WHICH
PUBLISHED FOUR
JUNE THE NEXT REPORT COVERING THE QUARTER ENDING TIMES A YEAR.
CENTRE PUBLICATIONS
IS
1987 AROUND
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