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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1988
LAW
AND OTHER
OF
SAFETY
THEY ARE CHARGED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ADVISING OWNERS
WITH THE COMPLIANCE ON PRESSURE EQUIPMENT MATTERS.
SEMINAR
IS
BEING
ATTENDED
SOME BY
30 PEOPLE THE LABOUR AND MARINE
THE TWO-DAY INCLUDING APPOINTED EXAMINERS AND STAFF FROM DEPARTMENTS.
SUBJECTS FOR DISCUSSION INCLUDE THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO
ORDINANCE, BOILERS AND PRESSURE FURTHER REDUCING
RECEIVERS
TO ACCIDENTS THE
IMPROVED FIRE-TUBE
PROCEDURES BOILERS,
THE
FOR
AND
ADMINISTRATIONS AND INTER-DIVISIONAL UNDERSTANDING AND CO-OPERATION.
UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS
FOR JUNE TO AUGUST 1988
*
REMAINED THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
WHILE
LOW
THE
UNDEREMPLOYMENT
FORCE LABOUR
DURING THE PERIOD JUNE RATE DECLINED FURTHER, STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
1988, - AUGUST ACCORDING TO THE LATEST
THESE FIGURES SHOW THAT THE LABOUR MARKET REMAINED VERY TIGHT.
THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 1988 WAS 1.8 PER CENT, WHICH WAS HIGHER THAN THE THREE MONTHS ENDING MAY 1988 BUT WAS THE SAME AS PERIOD A YEAR EARLIER.
-
FOR JUNE
AUGUST THE 1.7 PER CENT FOR
THAT FOR THE SAME
POINT
OVER THE PREVIOUS
THE INCREASE OF 0.1 OF A PERCENTAGE THREE MONTHS PERIOD IS STATISTICALLY NOT SIGNIFICANT.
JUNE
AUGUST
1988
WAS ENDING
THE NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS IN ESTIMATED AT 49,100, COMPARED WITH 47,700 FOR THE THREE MONTHS MAY 1988 AND 50,500 FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDING AUGUST 1987.
1988 AUGUST
WAS 0.6 PER THE UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE FOR JUNE CENT, COMPARED WITH 0.8 PER CENT FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDING MAY 1988.
THE RATE FOR
JUNE
AUGUST
WAS
1.0 1987
BELOW POINT
THE PERCENTAGE A DECREASES OF 0.2 OF MONTHS PERIOD AND 0.4 OF A PERCENTAGE POINT BELOW THE YEAR EARLIER ARE BOTH STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT.
PER CENT. THE PREVIOUS THREE SAME PERIOD A
THE ESTIMATED ............