MONDAY, MAY 15, 1989
ARE NOW INFORMED OF HE SAID, ADDING THAT THE LATEST TEMPERATURE NEAR HIS
"RADIO LISTENERS AND TELEVISION VIEWERS THE VARIATION OF TEMPERATURE AT THESE PLACES, THE PUBLIC COULD ALSO RING UP FOR DISTRICT BY USING THE DIAL-A-WEATHER SYSTEM.
"THE GENERAL RESPONSE FROM THE PUBLIC TO THIS SERVICE FAVOURABLE AND IT IS OUR INTENTION TO INCREASE THE AUTOMATIC WEATHER REPORTING STATIONS TO COVER OTHER DENSELY DISTRICTS IN THE TERRITORY," MR SHAM SAID.
IS VERY NUMBER OF POPULATED
"WE ARE WORKING ON THE PROBLEM
OF
FORECASTS FOR THE VARIOUS COMPLEX PROBLEM," HE SAID,
DISTRICTS
BUT
GIVING INDIVIDUAL THIS IS A SLIGHTLY MORE
WEATHER
FIRST QUARTER UNEMPLOYMENT
UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS RELEASED
UNDEREMPLOYMENT
RATE MARCH 1989, RELEASED TODAY
BOTH THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AND THE REMAINED AT A VERY LOW LEVEL DURING THE PERIOD JANUARY
ΤΟ ACCORDING
THE LATEST LABOUR FORCE STATISTICS (MONDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THAT THESE FIGURES SHOW
-
THE TIGHT LABOUR MARKET SITUATION
CONTINUED.
MARCH THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR JANUARY
THE SAME AS 1989 WAS 1.3 PER CENT, WHICH WAS
THAT FOR THE THREE PER CENT FOR MONTHS ENDING DECEMBER 1988 BUT WAS LOWER THAN THE 1.6 THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD A YEAR EARLIER.
THE DECREASE OF 0.3 OF A PERCENTAGE POINT BELOW
CORRESPONDING PERIOD A YEAR EARLIER IS STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT.
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MARCH
1989
THE NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS IN JANUARY ESTIMATED AT 35,800, COMPARED WITH 36,200 FOR THE THREE MONTHS DECEMBER 1988 AND 44,500 FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDING MARCH 1988.
-
THE
WAS ENDING
0.8 PER DECEMBER
- MARCH 1989 WAS THE UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE FOR JANUARY CENT, COMPARED WITH 0.7 PER CENT FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDING 1988 AND 0.9 PER CENT FOR THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD A YEAR EARLIER.
PRECEDING
POINT
THE OVER THE INCREASE OF 0.1 OF A PERCENTAGE POINT
PERCENTAGE OF 0.1 OF A THREE-MONTH PERIOD AND THE DECREASE BELOW THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD A YEAR EARLIER ARE BOTH STATISTICALLY NOT SIGNIFICANT.
THE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF UNDEREMPLOYED
WITH 18,400 MARCH 1989 WAS 21,300, COMPARED
THE THREE ENDING DECEMBER 1988 AND 25,200 FOR 1988.
PERSONS FOR JANUARY
FOR THE
THREE MONTHS MONTHS ENDING MARCH
/CONSISTENT WITH ...........