3
MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1993
UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT FIGURES
*
THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR DECEMBER 1992 FEBRUARY 1993 WAS 2.2%, AND THE UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 1.7%, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST LABOUR FORCE STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (MONDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THE
THE PROVISIONAL SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR
1993 WAS 2.3%, WHILE THE PROVISIONAL UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 1.6%
PERIOD JANUARY
ww
MARCH
+
THE LATEST STATISTICS SUGGEST THAT THE LABOUR MARKET CONDITIONS REMAINED GENERALLY STABLE IN RECENT MONTHS.
-
DURING THE PERIOD DECEMBER 1992 FEBRUARY 1993, THE NUMBER OF PERSONS, ADJUSTED FOR VARIATIONS IN THE NUMBER OF FIRST- TIME JOB-SEEKERS, WAS ESTIMATED AT 62,500, WHILE THE NUMBER OF UNDEREMPLOYED PERSONS WAS ESTIMATED AT 48,400.
THE UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS WERE OBTAINED FROM A CONTINUOUS GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
—
FEBRUARY
THE SURVEY FOR DECEMBER 1992
1993 COVERED A QUARTERLY SAMPLE OF SOME 12,000 HOUSEHOLDS OR 41,600 PERSONS, SELECTED SCIENTIFICALLY TO REPRESENT THE LAND-BASED CIVILIAN NON-INSTITUTIONAL POPULATION IN HONG KONG.
RELEVANT DATA WAS OBTAINED BY INTERVIEWING MEMBER AGED 15 AND ABOVE IN THE HOUSEHOLDS SAMPLED,
IN
EACH INDIVIDUAL
THE SURVEY, THE DEFINITIONS USED IN MEASURING UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT FOLLOW CLOSELY THOSE RECOMMENDED BY THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION.
DETAILED ANALYSIS OF LABOUR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS IS GIVEN IN THE REPORT ON THE GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY WHICH IS PUBLISHED FOUR TIMES A YEAR.
JUNE
THE NEXT REPORT COVERING THE QUARTER ENDING MARCH WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE BY THE END OF AT $23.50 A COPY.
0
14
+