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FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1992
IN
ACCORDANCE WITH
THE CURRENT
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION (ILO), PERSONS WHO WORKED LESS THAN 35 HOURS A WEEK DUE TO ECONOMIC REASONS (SUCH AS SLACK WORK, MATERIAL SHORTAGE, MECHANICAL BREAKDOWN AND INABILITY TO FIND FULL-TIME WORK) WERE REGARDED AS UNDEREMPLOYED ONLY IF THEY WERE EITHER SEEKING OR AVAILABLE FOR MORE WORK.
THE UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS WERE OBTAINED FROM A CONTINUOUS GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THE SURVEY FOR JANUARY MARCH 1992 COVERED A QUARTERLY SAMPLE OF SOME 11,600 HOUSEHOLDS OR 40,400 PERSONS, SELECTED SCIENTIFICALLY ΤΟ 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.
THE
DETAILED ANALYSIS OF LABOUR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS IS GIVEN IN REPORT ON THE GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY WHICH IS PUBLISHED FOUR TIMES A YEAR.
THE NEXT REPORT COVERING THE QUARTER ENDING MARCH 1992 WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL AROUND JUNE 20,
1992 AT $15.50 PER COPY.
AMENDED REGULATIONS TO CURB PROLIFERATION OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS
WITH EFFECT FROM TODAY, LICENSING CONTROLS ON THE IMPORT AND EXPORT OF STRATEGIC COMMODITIES WILL BE EXTENDED ΤΟ SOME ARTICLES WHICH CAN BE USED IN CONNECTION WITH CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, OR NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
"AN IMPORT OR EXPORT LICENCE WILL BE REQUIRED WHEN AN IMPORTER OR EXPORTER KNOWS THAT SUCH GOODS WILL BE USED, OR SUSPECTS THAT THEY MIGHT BE USED, FOR THOSE PURPOSES.
"CERTAIN BIOLOGICAL AGENTS WHICH CAN BE USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS WILL ALSO BE BROUGHT UNDER IMPORT AND EXPORT LICENSING CONTROL, A TRADE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
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DETAILS OF THE LICENSING CONTROL ARE SET OUT IN THE IMPORT AND EXPORT (STRATEGIC COMMODITIES) (AMENDMENT} REGULATION 1992 GAZETTED TODAY.
/THE SPOKESMAN