THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1989
FOR CENSUS AND COMMENTING ON THESE FIGURES, THE COMMISSIONER
JOB SEEKERS STATISTICS SAID THAT BECAUSE THE PROPORTION OF FIRST-TIME
FROM MONTH TO (FOR EXAMPLE PEOPLE WHO HAVE JUST LEFT SCHOOL) VARIES
ADJUSTED ΤΟ TAKE MONTH, UNEMPLOYMENT RATES THAT HAD BEEN SEASONALLY
THE NUMBER OF FIRST-TIME JOB-SEEKERS ACCOUNT OF THE VARIATIONS IN SHOULD BE USED IN MAKING COMPARISONS OVER TIME.
OF PROVISIONAL
RATES
THE COVERING AVAILABLE WITHIN TWO WEEKS EARLY INDICATION OF THE LATEST
THE COMMISSIONER ADDED THAT, BASED ON A SYSTEM COUNTS, THE
AND UNEMPLOYMENT
UNDEREMPLOYMENT LATEST THREE-MONTH PERIOD COULD BE MADE AFTER THE SURVEY. THESE PROVIDE AN UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT SITUATION.
THE
L
PROVISIONAL SEASONALLY NOVEMBER
FOR
ADJUSTED
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE CENT AND THE
PROVISIONAL
1989 WAS 1.3 PER SEPTEMBER UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 0.8 PER CENT.
THE UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS
CONDUCTED
FROM A CONTINUOUS GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
WERB OBTAINED BY THE CENSUS
THIS SURVEY
COVERED
A
OF
SOME QUARTERLY SAMPLE
14,000 SELECTED SCIENTIFICALLY ΤΟ REPRESENT HOUSEHOLDS OR 52,000 PERSONS, THE LAND-BASED CIVILIAN NON-INSTITUTIONAL POPULATION IN HONG KONG.
SURVEY BY PERSONAL AND LABOUR FORCE DATA WERE OBTAINED IN THE
AGED 15 INDIVIDUAL MEMBER
AND ABOVE EN THE
INTERVIEWING BACH
HOUSEHOLDS SAMPLED.
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.
QUARTER
ENDING
SEPTEMBER 1989 CENTRE, DECEMBER
GROUND 20 AT
THE THE NEXT REPORT COVERING
GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS THE WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL AROUND $10 PER COPY.
0
PSDB TO HOLD SEMINARS FOR SPORTS EXECUTIVES
THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF SEMINARS AND
WORKSHOPS ΤΟ INTRODUCE THE WORK AND FUNCTIONS OF THE RECENTLY ESTABLISHED PROVISIONAL SPORTS DEVELOPMENT BOARD (PSDB) WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY (DECEMBER 191 AT THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S TRAINING SCHOOL AT ΟΙ KWAN ROAD, WAN CHAI.
ALL ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARIES, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT OFFICERS WHO ARE WORKING IN VARIOUS SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS SUBVENTED BY THE BOARD HAVE BEEN INVITED TO ATTEND.
/"THE BOARD