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THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1988
TAKE ACCOUNT
COMMENTING ON THESE FIGURES, THE COMMISSIONER
STATISTICS SAID THAT THE PROPORTION
OF
FOR CENSUS AND FIRST-TIME JOB SEEKERS, FOR
EXAMPLE, PEOPLE WHO HAVE JUST LEFT SCHOOL, VARIES FROM MONTH OT MONTH.
BEEN SEASONALLY ADJUSTED TO THEREFORE, UNEMPLOYMENT RATES THAT HAD
OF THE VARIAT FONS IN THE NUMBER OF FIRST-TIME JOB-SEEKERS SHOULD BE USED IN MAKING COMPARISONS OVER TIME.
THE COMMISSIONER ADDED
ON A SYSTEM OF MANUAL FOR THE LATEST EXTRACTION OF INFORMATION FROM SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRES
AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATES MONTH, PROVISIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT
COVERING
COULD BE THE LATEST THREE-MONTH PERIOD
MADE AVAILABLE WITHIN TWO
WEEKS AFTER THE SURVEY.
THAT, BASED
THESE PROVIDE AN EARLY INDICATION OF THE LATEST UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT SITUATION.
TREND IN THE
FOR
RATE UNEMPLOYMENT PER CENT AND THE PROVISONAL
THE
OCTOBER
—
SEASONALLY PROVISIONAL DECEMBER 1987 WAS 1.9 UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 1 PER CENT.
ADJUSTED
THE UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS
CONDUCTED FROM A CONTINUOUS GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
WERE
OBTAINED BY THE CENSUS
THIS SURVEY COVERS A QUARTERLY SAMPLE OF SOME 14,000 HOUSEHOLDS
SCIENTIFICALLY 50,000 PERSONS,
LAND-BASED
OR
CIVILIAN
PERSONAL AND
LABOUR INTERVIEWING EACH HOUSEHOLDS SAMPLED.
SELECTED
TO
REPRESENT THE NON-INSTITUTIONAL POPULATION IN HONG KONG. FORCE DATA WERK OBTAINED IN THE SURVEY BY INDIVIDUAL MEMBER AGED 15 AND ABOVE IN THE
MKASURING UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE SURVEY, THE DEFINITIONS USED IN AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT FOLLOW CLOSELY THOSE RECOMMENDED BY THE ILO.
WHICH
GIVEN IN
IS PUBLISHED FOUR
DETAILED ANALYSIS OF LABOUR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS IS THE REPORT ON THE GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY TIMES A YEAR.
THE NEXT REPORT
COVERING
THE
QUARTER ENDING DECEMBER 1987 SHOULD BE AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE AROUND MARCH 20, 1988, AT $9.50 PER COPY.
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