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MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 1989
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THE PROVISIONAL SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR MAY JULY 1989 WAS 1.2 PER CENT AND THE PROVISIONAL UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 0.7 PER CENT.
THE UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS WERE OBTAINED FROM A CONTINUOUS GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THIS SURVEY COVERS A QUARTERLY SAMPLE OF SOME 14.000 HOUSEHOLDS OR 52,000 PERSONS, SELECTED SCIENTIFICALLY TO REPRESENT THE LAND-BASED CIVILIAN NON-INSTITUTIONAL POPULATION IN HONG KONG.
PERSONAL AND LABOUR FORCE DATA WERE OBTAINED IN THE SURVEY INTERVIEWING EACII INDIVIDUAL MEMBER AGED 15 AND ABOVE IN HOUSEHOLDS SAMPLED.
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IN THE SURVEY, THE DEFINITIONS USED IN MEASURING UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT FOLLOW CLOSELY THOSE RECOMMENDED BY THE ILO.
DETAILED ANALYSIS OF LABOUR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS IS GIVEN IN THE REPORT ON THE GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY WHICH IS PUBLISHED FOUR TIMES A YEAR.
THE NEXT REPORT COVERING THE QUARTER ENDING JUNE 1989 WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, AROUND SEPTEMBER 20 AT $10 PER COPY.
SENIOR APPOINTMENTS IN CNTA ANNOUNCED * * *
THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION TODAY (MONDAY) ANNOUNCED A NUMBER OF SENIOR POSTINGS.
APPOINTED DEPUTY
MR FUNG KWOK-KEUNG HAS BEEN
REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON WITH EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY (AUGUST 16).
MR FUNG'S LAST POSTING WAS ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE STANDING COMMISSION ON CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE.
MR PARRISH NG, FORMERLY WITH THE EDUCATION AND MANPOWER BRANCH, WILL TAKE OVER FROM MR THOMAS YIU AS PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY (COMMUNITY INFORMATION) ON SEPTEMBER 1 THIS YEAR.
MR YIU WILL BECOME DISTRICT OFFICER FOR TAI PO.
MR HERMAN CHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT (SPECIAL DUTIES) WITH EFFECT FROM TODAY (MONDAY).
SECRETARY
HEALTH AND
MR CHO, WHO REPLACES MR RICHARD YUEN, WAS FROM THE WELFARE BRANCH. BEFORE THAT, HE WAS DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG ECONOMIC AND TRADE OFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
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