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MONDAY, MAY 15, 1989
CONSISTENT
WITH
OF
THE THAN MATERIAL FULL-TIME WORKI WERE EITHER SEEKING OR
THE CURRENT RECOMMENDATIONS INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION (ILO), PERSONS WHO WORKED LESS 35 HOURS A WEEK DUE TO ECONOMIC REASONS (SUCH AS SLACK WORK, SHORTAGE. MECHANICAL BREAKDOWN AND INABILITY TO FIND WERE REGARDED AS UNDEREMPLOYED ONLY IF THEY AVAILABLE FOR MORE WORK.
FOR CENSUS AND JOB-SEEKERS
COMMENTING ON THESE FIGURES, THE COMMISSIONER STATISTICS SAID THAT BECAUSE THE PROPORTION OF FIRST-TIME
TO I FOR EXAMPLE, PEOPLE WHO HAVE JUST LEFT SCHOOL) VARIES FROM MONTH
ADJUSTED ΤΟ TAKE MONTH, UNEMPLOYMENT RATES THAT HAD BEEN SEASONALLY
THE ACCOUNT OF THE VARIATIONS IN
NUMBER OF FIRST-TIME JOB-SEEKERS SHOULD BE USED IN MAKING COMPARISONS OVER TIME.
OF PROVISIONAL
THE COMMISSIONER ADDED THAT, BASED ON A SYSTEM
THE UNEMPLOYMENT
THE AND
RATES COUNTS,
UNDEREMPLOYMENT
COVERING WITHIN TWO WEEKS LATEST THREE MONTHS PERIOD COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE
EARLY INDICATION OF THE AFTER THE SURVEY. THESE PROVIDE AN
LATEST
UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT SITUATION.
THE
FEBRUARY
-
PROVISIONAL
APRIL
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED
1989
UNEMPLOYMENT
RATE FOR
WAS 1.5 PER CENT AND THE PROVISIONAL UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 0.8 PER CENT.
THE COMMISSIONER SAID THAT ALTHOUGH THE UNEMPLOYMENT APPARENTLY EDGED UP, MORE OBSERVATIONS WERE REQUIRED BEFORE BE SAID THAT A TREND HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED.
RATE HAD
IT COULD
WERE OBTAINED CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS
THE UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS FROM A CONTINUOUS GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THIS SURVEY
COVERS A
QUARTERLY
OF SAMPLE
SOME 14,000 SELECTED SCIENTIFICALLY TO REPRESENT HOUSEHOLDS OR 51,000 PERSONS, THE LAND-BASED CIVILIAN NON-INSTITUTIONAL POPULATION IN HONG KONG.
ABOVE
SURVEY BY IN THE
PERSONAL AND LABOUR FORCE DATA WERE OBTAINED IN THE
AGED 15 AND
INTERVIEWING EACH
HOUSEHOLDS SAMPLED.
INDIVIDUAL
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 NEXT REPORT COVERING THE QUARTER ENDING MARCH BE AVAILABLE FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL AROUND JUNE 20 AT $10 PER COPY.
1989 SHOULD GPO BUILDING.
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