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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1988
THE COMMISSIONER ADDED
THAT, BASED ON A SYSTEM OF MANUAL EXTRACTION OF INFORMATION FROM SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRES FOR THE LATEST MONTH, PROVISIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATES COVERING THE LATEST THREE-MONTH PERIOD COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE WITHIN TWO WEEKS AFTER THE SURVEY.
THESE PROVIDE AN EARLY INDICATION OF THE LATEST TREND IN THE UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT SITUATION. THE PROVISIONAL SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR NOVEMBER 1987–JANUARY 1988 WAS 1.8 PER CENT AND THE PROVISIONAL UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 0.9 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 14,000
SELECTED HOUSEHOLDS OR 50,000 PERSONS,
SCIENTIFICALLY TO REPRESENT THE LAND-BASED CIVILIAN NON-INSTITUTIONAL POPULATION IN HONG KONG.
PERSONAL AND LABOUR FORCE DATA WERE OBTAINED IN THE SURVEY BY INTERVIEWING EACH INDIVIDUAL. MEMBER AGED 15 AND ABOVE IN THE HOUSEHOLDS SAMPLED.
IN THE SURVEY, THE DEFINITIONS USED IN MEASURING UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT FOLLOW CLOSELY THOSE RECOMMENDED BY THE ILO.
DETAILED ANALYSIS OF 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 SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS MARCH 20 AT $9.50 PER COPY.
DECEMBER 1987
CENTRE AROUND
FIRST STEPS IN COMPUTER DEVELOPMENT
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A MILESTONE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF
FORCE'S NEW MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR COMPUTER SYSTEM
THE ENHANCED COMMAND AND CONTROL COMPUTER SYSTEM (ECACCS)
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DELIVERY AND INSTALLATION OF THE FIRST EQUIPMENT THAT WILL FORM THE BASIS OF THE FORCE-WIDE SYSTEM.
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THE DELIVERY OF A COMPUTER AT THE GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING AGENCY AND NINE TERMINALS AT MANAGEMENT SERVICES WING IS THE FIRST TANGIBLE RESULT TO FOLLOW THE SIGNING OF THE ECACCS CONTRACT LAST YEAR WITH TANDEM COMPUTERS INCORPORATED.
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