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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1991
THE PROVISIONAL SEASONALLY-ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR MARCH MAY 1991 WAS 2.4% AND THE PROVISIONAL UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 1.9%.
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THE UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS WERE FROM A CONTINUOUS GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
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THE SURVEY FOR FEBRUARY APRIL 1991 COVERED A QUARTERLY SAMPLE SOME 10,800 HOUSEHOLDS OR 38,000 PERSONS, SELECTED SCIENTIFICALLY REPRESENT THE LAND-BASED CIVILIAN NON-INSTITUTIONAL POPULATION IN HƯNG KONG.
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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 ΤΗΕ REPORT ON THE GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY WHICH IS PUBLISHED FOUR TIMES A YEAR.
THE NEXT REPORT COVERING THE QUARTER ENDING MARCH 1991 WILL
BE AVAILABLE FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL AROUND JUNE 20 AT $13.50 PER COPY.
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HONG KONG DEMONSTRATES SUCCESS; GOVERNOR
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT WE NEED TO REMIND OURSELVES FROM TIME TO TIME ABOUT THE BROADER PICTURE OF HONG KONG.
PART OF THIS LARGER PICTURE, SIR DAVID SAID, WAS THAT HONG KONG WAS NOT JUST A PLACE WITH PROBLEMS.
ADDRESSING THE OPENING OF FESTIVAL CANADA' 91, THE GOVERNOR POINTED OUT THAT THE CONTRAST BETWEEN SOME OF THE MORE ALARMIST NEWS. STORIES ABOUT HONG KONG AND WHAT WAS ACTUALLY HAPPENING HERE MIGHT STRIKE VISITORS FROM CANADA MORE FORCIBLY THAN THOSE OF US WHO LIVED IN THIS UNIQUE TERRITORY,
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BUT WE TOO CAN SOMETIMES LOSE SIGHT OF THE BROADER PICTURE.
"WE ARE SOMETIMES PRONE TO BEING TOO OBSESSED WITH WHATEVER IS OUR IMMEDIATE PROBLEM," HE SAID.
SIR DAVID SAID EVERY PLACE IN THE WORLD HAD ITS PROBLEMS IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
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"HONG KONG IS A PLACE WHICH DEMONSTRATES SUCCESS. VISIBLE SUCCESS. SUCCESS AGAINST THE ODDS. NOT EVERYWHERE CAN SAY THAT, HE SAID.
/THE GOVERNOR