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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1992
UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS FOR AUGUST
—
OCTOBER
THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR THE PERIOD AUGUST ACCORDING TO OCTOBER WAS 2.0%, AND THE UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 1.8%, TO THE LATEST LABOUR FORCE STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
'THE PROVISIONAL SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AND PROVISIONAL UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE FOR THE PERIOD SEPTEMBER TO WERE BOTH 1.9%.
THE
THE
NOVEMBER
THE LATEST FIGURES SUGGEST THAT BOTH THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE REMAINED GENERALLY STABLE IN RECENT MONTHS.
DURING THE PERIOD AUGUST
ADJUSTED
AND
OF UNEMPLOYED FIRST-TIME
JOB-
OF UNDEREMPLOYED
OCTOBER, THE NUMBER
OF PERSONS,
FOR VARIATIONS IN THE NUMBER SEEKERS, WAS ESTIMATED AT 56,700, WHILE THE NUMBER PERSONS WAS ESTIMATED AT 51,300.
OBTAINED AND
THE UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS WERE FROM A CONTINUAL GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
OF
THE SURVEY FOR AUGUST OCTOBER COVERED A QUARTERLY SAMPLE
то SOME 11,900 HOUSEHOLDS OR 41,100 PERSONS, SELECTED SCIENTIFICALLY REPRESENT THE LAND-BASED CIVILIAN NON-INSTITUTIONAL POPULATION IN HONG KONG.
WAS OBTAINED BY
DATA RELEVANT
EACH INTERVIEWING MEMBER AGED 15 AND ABOVE IN THE HOUSEHOLDS SAMPLED,
IN
INDIVIDUAL
THE
UNEMPLOYMENT THE SURVEY, THE DEFINITIONS USED IN MEASURING
CLOSELY THOSE RECOMMENDED BY AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT FOLLOW INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION.
DETAILED ANALYSIS OF LABOUR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS IS GIVEN
SURVEY WHICH IS REPORT ON THE
GENERAL
IN
PUBLISHED
THE
HOUSEHOLD
QUARTERLY.
THE
NEXT REPORT COVERING THE QUARTER ENDING SEPTEMBER WILL AVAILABLE FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES
BE
CENTRE AROUND
DECEMBER 28 AT $15.50 A COPY.
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