THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1989
THE DECREASES OF 0.3 OF A PERCENTAGE POINT BELOW THE
0.5 OF A PERCENTAGE THREE-MONTH PERIOD AND
YEAR
PERIOD
A
PRECEDING
POINT BELOW THE ARE BOTH STATISTICALLY
CORRESPONDING
SIGNIFICANT.
THE NUMBER OF
EARLIER
MAY PERSONS IN
UNEMPLOYED
JULY 1989 WAS MONTHS ENDING
ESTIMATED AT 34,100 COMPARED WITH 40,500 FOR THE THREE APRIL 1989 AND 46,600 FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDING JULY 1988.
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THE UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE FOR MAY JULY 1989 WAS 0.7 PER COMPARED WITH 0.8 PER CENT FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDING APRIL 1989 0.6 PER CENT FOR THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD A YEAR EARLIER.
CENT
AND
THE PRECEDING THE DECREASE OF 0.1 OF A PERCENTAGE POINT BELOW THREE-MONTH PERIOD AND THE INCREASE OF 0.1 OF A PERCENTAGE POINT
ARE BOTH STATISTICALLY THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD A YEAR EARLIER
SIGNIFICANT.
MAY
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THE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF UNDEREMPLOYED PERSONS FOR 1989 WAS 19,200, COMPARED WITH 22,200 FOR THE THREE MONTHS APRIL 1989 AND 16,100 FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDING JULY 1988.
WITH CONSISTENT
OVER
NOT
JULY ENDING
OF
THE
THAN MATERIAL
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 FULL-TIME WORK)
WERE WERE REGARDED AS UNDEREMPLOYED ONLY IF THEY AVAILABLE FOR MORE WORK.
SEEKING EITHER
COMMENTING ON THESE FIGURES, THE COMMISSIONER STATISTICS SAID THAT BECAUSE THE PROPORTION OF FIRST-TIME (FOR EXAMPLE PEOPLE WHO HAVE JUST LEFT SCHOOL) VARIES MONTH, UNEMPLOYMENT RATES THAT HAD BEEN SEASONALLY
THE
OF FIRST-TIME ACCOUNT OF THE VARIATIONS IN SHOULD BE USED IN MAKING COMPARISONS OVER TIME.
NUMBER
OR
FOR
CENSUS AND JOB-SEEKERS FROM MONTH TO TAKE ADJUSTED TO
JOB-SEEKERS
OF PROVISIONAL
THE COMMISSIONER ADDED THAT, BASED ON A SYSTEM
RATES COVERING THE COUNTS,
THE UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT
AVAILABLE WITHIN TWO WEEKS LATEST THREE-MONTH PERIOD COULD BE MADE
THE OF
LATEST EARLY INDICATION AFTER THE SURVEY. THESE PROVIDE AN UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT SITUATION.
THE PROVISIONAL SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR
PROVISIONAL UNDEREMPLOYMENT THE PER CENT AND AUGUST 1989 WAS 1.3
JUNE
WERE OBTAINED
RATE WAS 0.6 PER CENT.
THE UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS FROM A CONTINUOUS GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THIS
COVERS SURVEY
HOUSEHOLDS OR 52,000 PERSONS,
OF SOME 14,000 TO REPRESENT
SAMPLE A QUARTERLY
SELECTED SCIENTIFICALLY THE LAND-BASED CIVILIAN NON-INSTITUTIONAL POPULATION IN HONG KONG.
/PERSONAL AND