MONDAY, APRIL 15, 1991
JANUARY
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ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR
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MARCH 1991 WAS 1.7% AND THE PROVISIONAL UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE
THE PROVISIONAL SEASONALLY
WAS 1.5%.
THE UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS WERE OBTAINED FROM A CONTINUOUS GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THE SURVEY FOR DECEMBER 1990
FEBRUARY 1991 COVERED A QUARTERLY SAMPLE OF SOME 11,200 HOUSEHOLDS OR 40,000 PERSONS, SELECTED SCIENTIFICALLY TO REPRESENT THE LAND-BASED CIVILIAN NON-INSTITUTIONAL POPULATION IN HONG KONG. PERSONAL AND LABOUR FORCE DATA WERE OBTAINED IN THE SURVEY BY INTERVIEWING EACH INDIVIDUAL MEMBER AGED 15 AND ABOVE IN THE HOUSEHOLDS SAMPLED.
IN THE SURVEY, THE DEFINITIONS USED IN MEASURING UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT FOLLOW CLOSELY THOSE RECOMMENDED BY THE ILO.
DETAILED ANALYSIS OF LABOUR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS IS GIVEN IN THE REPORT ON THE GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY WHICH IS PUBLISHED FOUR TIMES A YEAR.
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THE NEXT REPORT COVERING THE QUARTER ENDING MARCH 1991 WILL AVAILABLE FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL AROUND JUNE 20 AT $13.50 PER COPY.
UK RAILWAY INSPECTOR REVIEWS MTR SERVICE DISRUPTION
THE UK DEPUTY CHIEF INSPECTING OFFICER OF RAILWAYS, MR ALAN COOKSEY, HAS CARRIED OUT - INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY SERVICE DISRUPTION OF MARCH 11, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
MR COOKSEY WAS INVITED BY THE GOVERNMENT, UNDER A STANDING AGENCY AGREEMENT WITH THE UK RAILWAY INSPECTORATE, TO VISIT HONG KONG TO REVIEW THE INCIDENT.
IN HIS INITIAL PINDINGS, MR COOKSEY REPORTED THAT THE MTR SYSTEM WAS SAFE AND THAT HE WAS SATISFIED WITH THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION'S EQUIPMENT AND STANDARDS OF MAINTENANCE.
HAVING REVIEWED THE SEQUENCE INCIDENT, MR COOKSEY HAS IDENTIFIED A WHICH COULD LEAD TO IMPROVEMENTS IN EMERGENCIES IN FUTURE.
OF EVENTS SURROUNDING THE NUMBER OF POSSIBLE MEASURES THE HANDLING OF LARGE-SCALE
THESE MEASURES ARE BEING FURTHER EXAMINED IN CONJUNCTION WITH
THE MTRC.
IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT MR COOKSEY WILL SUBMIT A FINAL REPORT TO THE GOVERNMENT AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.
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