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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1990
PRESS CONFERENCE AT GIS PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM
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THE PRESS CONFERENCE WILL START AT 4.30 PM AT THE GIS PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM, 5TH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, CENTRAL. TV CREW ADVISED TO ARRIVE BEFORE 4.15 PM TO SET UP THEIR EQUIPMENT.
DEPARTURE
LORD CAITHNESS WILL LEAVE HONG KONG BY FLIGHT CX251 AT AROUND 10.55 PM. A PHOTOGRAPHIC FACILITY WILL BE PROVIDED FOR MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER HIS DEPARTURE. THEY SHOULD ASSEMBLE IN THE AIRPORT PRESS ROOM BY 10.15 PM.
UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS FOR MAY
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JULY RELEASED
THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE REMAINED STABLE AT A LOW LEVEL WHILE THE UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE INCREASED DURING THE PERIOD MAY
JULY 1990, ACCORDING ΤΟ THE LATEST LABOUR FORCE STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
1990
THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR MAY - JULY WAS 1.7 PER CENT, COMPARED WITH 1.8 PER CENT FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDING APRIL 1990 AND 1.2 PER CENT FOR THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD A YEAR EARLIER.
THE DECREASE OF 0.1 OF A PERCENTAGE POINT BELOW THE PRECEDING THREE-MONTH PERIOD IS STATISTICALLY NOT SIGNIFICANT WHILE THE INCREASE OF 0.5 OF A PERCENTAGE POINT OVER THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD A YEAR EARLIER IS STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT.
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THE NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS IN MAY
JULY 1990 WAS ESTIMATED AT 46,700, COMPARED WITH 48,700 IN THE THREE MONTHS ENDING APRIL 1990 AND 34,100 IN THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD IN 1989.
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THE UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE FOR MAY JULY 1990 WAS 1.0 PER CENT, COMPARED WITH 0.7 PER CENT FOR BOTH THE THREE MONTHS ENDING APRIL 1990 AND THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD A YEAR EARLIER.
THE
INCREASE OF 0.3 OF A PERCENTAGE POINT OVER THE PRECEDING- THREE-MONTH PERIOD AND THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD A YEAR EARLIER ARE BOTH STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT.
JULY
THE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF UNDEREMPLOYED PERSONS IN MAY 1990 WAS 26,800, COMPARED WITH 20,300 IN THE THREE MONTHS ENDING APRIL 1990 AND 19,200 IN THE THREE MONTHS ENDING JULY 1989.
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