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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1992
MAXIMUM DEBT
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REPAYMENT OF
2005
1999
2010
2006
DEBT BY
BEGIN DIVIDEND
2005
2000
2001
1997
PAYMENTS
AIRPORT AUTHORITY
TO PAY AIR TRAFFIC
CONTROL AND
METEOROLOGICAL
CHARGES FROM:
2005
DAY OF OPENING
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UNEMPLOYMENT STATISTICS FOR MAY JULY
THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR THE QUARTER MAY THIS YEAR WAS 2.1% AND THE
UNDEREMPLOYMENT
FORCE
JULY
ΤΟ ACCORDING
THE LATEST LABOUR
STATISTICS (THURSDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
WAS RATE
2.2%, RELEASED TODAY
THE
THE PROVISIONAL SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR
UNDEREMPLOYMENT PERIOD JUNE AUGUST WAS 1.9%, WHILE THE PROVISIONAL RATE WAS 2.0%.
THE LATEST FIGURES SUGGEST THAT THE LABOUR MARKET HAS TIGHTENED AND THE SOMEWHAT IN RECENT MONTHS, AS BOTH THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE HAVE EDGED LOWER.
UP
DURING
-
OF UNEMPLOYED OF FIRST-TIME JOB- OF UNDEREMPLOYED
THE PERIOD MAY JULY 1992, THE NUMBER PERSONS, ADJUSTED FOR VARIATIONS IN THE NUMBER SEEKERS, WAS ESTIMATED AT 59,600, WHILE THE NUMBER PERSONS WAS ESTIMATED AT 61,100.
OBTAINED
THE UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS WERE FROM A CONTINUOUS GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
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SAMPLE OF THE SURVEY FOR MAY JULY 1992 COVERED A QUARTERLY
ΤΟ SOME 11,800 HOUSEHOLDS OR 41,300 PERSONS, SELECTED SCIENTIFICALLY REPRESENT THE LAND-BASED CIVILIAN NON-INSTITUTIONAL POPULATION IN HONG KONG.
RELEVANT DATA WAS OBTAINED IN THE SURVEY BY INTERVIEWING INDIVIDUAL MEMBER AGED 15 AND ABOVE IN THE HOUSEHOLDS SAMPLED.
EACH
/IN THE