THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1990
COMMENTING
AND
CENSUS ON THESE FIGURES, THE COMMISSIONER FOR STATISTICS SAID THAT BECAUSE THE PROPORTION OF FIRST-TIME JOB-SEEKERS MONTH ΤΟ (FOR EXAMPLE PEOPLE WHO HAVE JUST LEFT SCHOOL) VARIES FROM
TO TAKE MONTH, UNEMPLOYMENT RATES THAT HAD BEEN SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ACCOUNT OF THE VARIATIONS IN THE NUMBER OF FIRST-TIME JOB-SEEKERS SHOULD BE USED IN MAKING COMPARISONS OVER TIME.
THE
THE
COMMISSIONER ADDED THAT, BASED ON A SYSTEM OF PROVISIONAL COUNTS, THE UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATES COVERING THE LATEST THREE-MONTH PERIOD COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE WITHIN TWO WEEKS AFTER
UNEMPLOYMENT THESE PROVIDE AN EARLY INDICATION OF THE LATEST SURVEY. AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT SITUATION.
THE PROVISIONAL SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR MARCH RATE MAY 1990 WAS 1.6 PER CENT AND THE PROVISIONAL UNDEREMPLOYMENT WAS .0 PER CENT.
THE
OBTAINED
UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS WERE FROM A CONTINUOUS GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
OF
THE SURVEY FOR FEBRUARY - APRIL 1990 COVERED A QUARTERLY SAMPLE SCIENTIFICALLY SOME 11,500 HOUSEHOLDS OR 41,000 PERSONS, SELECTED REPRESENT THE LAND-BASED CIVILIAN NON-INSTITUTIONAL POPULATION HONG KONG.
TO
IN
BY PERSONAL AND LABOUR FORCE DATA WERE OBTAINED IN THE SURVEY INTERVIEWING EACH INDIVIDUAL MEMBER
IN THE AGED 15 AND ABOVE
MEASURING HOUSEHOLDS SAMPLED. IN THE SURVEY, THE DEFINITIONS USED IN UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT FOLLOW CLOSELY THOSE RECOMMENDED THE ILO.
BY
IN
DETAILED ANALYSIS OF LABOUR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS IS GIVEN THE REPORT ON THE GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY WHICH IS PUBLISHED FOUR TIMES A YEAR. THE NEXT REPORT COVERING THE QUARTER ENDING MARCH 1990 WILL BE
PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE FROM THE GOVERNMENT FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL AROUND $11.50 PER COPY.
CENTRE,
GROUND
JUNE
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PMG OUTLINES MEASURES TO COPE WITH GROWTH IN MAIL TRAFFIC
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THE POST OFFICE, FOLLOWING THE GOVERNMENT'S SPIRIT OF CONSTRAINT ON RESOURCES, HAS INTRODUCED A NUMBER OF MEASURES TO COPE WITH THE INCREASE IN MAIL TRAFFIC WHILE MAINTAINING EFFICIENT POSTAL SERVICES, THE POSTMASTER GENERAL AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY, MR DOMINIC S.W. WONG, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
ADDRESSING THE 1990 ASIAN DIRECT MARKETING SYMPOSIUM, MR WONG POINTED OUT THAT MAIL TRAFFIC IN HONG KONG HAD BEEN INCREASING AT THE CONSISTENTLY HIGH RATE OF OVER 10 PER CENT PER YEAR COMPOUND RECENT YEARS, AND THIS WAS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE.
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