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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1988
LISTED COMPANIES WHICH ARE NO LONGER SUITABLE FOR LISTING
FIRST CITY INVESTMENTS LTD. GULF ARABIAN LTD.
LAWE WILLIAM ENTERPRISES LTD. MEGA PACIFIC LTD.
PARAMOUNT DEVELOPMENT LTD.
SIU KING CHEUNG HING YIP CO. LTD. UNIWORLD INVESTMENTS LTD.
LTD.
WAH MAY INVESTMENT CO. WAN PAO NAVIGATION CO. LTD.
R. FELL, ESQ. CHIEF EXECUTIVE
FOR THE STOCK EXCHANGE
OF HONG KONG LTD.
E.R. ASTIN, ESQ.
COMMISSIONER FOR SECURITIES FOR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION
UNEMPLOYMENT, UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS FOR MAY-JULY
UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT REMAINED AT A VERY LOW LEVEL ACCORDING TO THE LATEST LABOUR (WEDNESDAY) BY
THE CENSUS AND
IN THE THREE MONTHS MAY-JULY 1988,
STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY FORCE STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THESE FIGURES INDICATE THAT THE LABOUR MARKET CONDITIONS REMAINED TIGHT, WITH THE LOCAL WORKFORCE FULLY EMPLOYED.
RATE
HAVE
THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT
FOR MAY-JULY 1988 THAT FOR THE THREE MONTHS WAS 1.7 PER CENT, WHICH WAS THE SAME AS
PER CENT. THE ENDING APRIL 1988. THE RATE FOR MAY-JULY 1987 WAS 1.8
SAME PERIOD A DECREASE OF 0.1 OF A PERCENTAGE POINT BELOW THE
YEAR EARLIER IS STATISTICALLY NOT SIGNIFICANT.
THE
NUMBER OF
UNEMPLOYED
1988 WAS ENDING
MAY-JULY PERSONS IN ESTIMATED AT 46,600, COMPARED WITH 46,200 FOR THE THREE MONTHS APRIL 1988 AND 49,100 FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDING JULY 1987.
0. 6 PER THE UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE FOR MAY-JULY 1988 WAS
MONTHS ENDING APRIL COMPARED WITH 0.9 PER CENT FOR THE THREE THE RATE FOR MAY-JULY 1987 WAS 1.0 PER CENT.
CENT, 1988.
BELOW
THE DECREASES OF 0.3 OF A PERCENTAGE POINT BELOW
PERCENTAGE POINT THREE MONTHS PERIOD AND 0.4 OF A PERIOD A YEAR EARLIER ARE BOTH STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT.
THE PREVIOUS THE SAME
THE ESTIMATED
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