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MONDAY, MAY 14, 1990
THE THESE PROVIDE AN EARLY INDICATION OF AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT SITUATION.
THE
FEBRUARY
1990
SEASONALLY PROVISIONAL
ADJUSTED WAS 1.7 PER CENT UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 0.7 PER CENT.
-
APRIL
LATEST UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT
THE AND
RATE FOR PROVISIONAL
WERE OBTAINED
THE UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS FROM A CONTINUOUS GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
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SAMPLE
THE SURVEY FOR JANUARY MARCH 1990 COVERED A QUARTERLY
SELECTED SCIENTIFICALLY OF SOME 11,000 HOUSEHOLDS OR 41,000 PERSONS,
POPULATION IN TO REPRESENT THE LAND-BASED CIVILIAN NON-INSTITUTIONAL HONG KONG.
SURVEY BY IN THE IN MEASURING RECOMMENDED BY
PERSONAL AND LABOUR FORCE DATA WERE OBTAINED IN THE
EACH
MEMBER INDIVIDUAL
AGED 15 INTERVIEWING
AND ABOVE HOUSEHOLDS SAMPLED. IN THE SURVEY, THE DEFINITIONS USED UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT FOLLOW CLOSELY THOSE THE ILO.
GIVEN IN DETAILED ANALYSIS OF LABOUR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS IS
WHICH IS PUBLISHED FOUR THE REPORT ON THE GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
MARCH 1990 TIMES A YEAR. THE NEXT REPORT COVERING THE QUARTER ENDING
THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM
CENTRE, GROUND CONNAUGHT PLACE, FLOOR, GPO BUILDING,
JUNE CENTRAL, AROUND
20 AT
$11.50 PER COPY.
CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF KIDNEY DONATION
* * * * * *
A PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN WILL BEGIN THIS WEEK TO PROMOTE PUBLIC AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION AND DONATION.
THE CAMPAIGN'S SLOGAN IS, "GIVE HOPE
GIVE THE GIFT OF LIFE",
THROUGH KIDNEY DONATION.
THE HOSPITAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT, IS LAUNCHING THE CAMPAIGN THROUGH TELEVISION AND RADIO ANNOUNCEMENTS OF PUBLIC INTEREST (API), LEAFLETS AND POSTERS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID A 30-SECOND API ON KIDNEY DONATION WILL BE SHOWN FROM TOMORROW (TUESDAY) ON THE CHINESE AND ENGLISH CHANNELS OF THE TWO TELEVISION STATIONS.
A RADIO API WILL ALSO BE BROADCAST FROM TOMORROW.
/"WE HOPE