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MONDAY, MARCH 14, 1988
THE COMMISSIONER ADDED EXTRACTION OF INFORMATION FROM SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRES MONTH, PROVISIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT THE LATEST THREE-MONTH PERIOD WEEKS AFTER THE SURVEY.
THAT,
BASED
ON A SYSTEM
AND COULD BE
OF MANUAL FOR THE LATEST UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATES COVERING TWO MADE
WITHIN AVAILABLE
TREND IN THE
ADJUSTED
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR PROVISIONAL THE
THESE PROVIDE AN EARLY INDICATION OF THE LATEST UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT SITUATION.
1.6 PER CENT AND
THE PROVISIONAL SEASONALLY DECEMBER 1987-FEBRUARY 1988 WAS UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 0.8 PER CENT.
THE LOW UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, AVERAGED OVER THE THREE MONTHS,
1988, WHICH WAS FEBRUARY,
WAS
PROBABLY
NEW
DUE TO THE RATHER LOW RATE FOR RESULTED FROM FEWER JOB SEEKERS LOOKING FOR WORK DURING THE LUNAR YEAR PERIOD, WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE CLASSIFIED AS UNEMPLOYED.-
THE UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS
CONDUCTED FROM A CONTINUOUS GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
WERE OBTAINED BY THE CENSUS
OF SAMPLE
SOMB 14,000 THIS SURVEY COVERS A QUARTERLY
TO SCIENTIFICALLY
REPRESENT SELECTED HOUSEHOLDS OR 49,000 PERSONS, THE LAND-BASED CIVILIAN NON-INSTITUTIONAL POPULATION IN HONG KONG.
SURVEY BY ABOVE IN THE
PERSONAL AND LABOUR FORCE DATA WERE OBTAINED IN THE
15 AGED
AND INDIVIDUAL EACH
INTERVIEWING
HOUSEHOLDS SAMPLED.
MEMBER
MEASURING UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE SURVEY, THE DEFINITIONS USED IN AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT FOLLOW CLOSELY THOSE RECOMMENDED BY THE ILO.
GIVEN IN
DETAILED ANALYSIS OF LABOUR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS IS
WHICH IS PUBLISHED FOUR THE REPORT ON THE GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY TIMES A YEAR.
THE QUARTER GOVERNMENT
ENDING
DECEMBER
CENTRE PUBLICATIONS
1987 AROUND
COVERING THE NEXT REPORT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FROM THE MARCH 20 AT $9.50 PER COPY.
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