THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1993
"SUCH ISSUES WOULD ALREADY HAVE COMPLIED WITH SEHK'S LISTING REQUIREMENTS AND HENCE SHOULD BE EXEMPTED FROM DOUBLE VETTING UNDER
MR CARTLAND SAID.
THIS ORDINANCE,
IN
"THIS UPDATING AND CLARIFICATION TO THE SCOPE OF THE ORDINANCE SHOULD FACILITATE THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAPITAL MARKETS HONG KONG, MR CARTLAND ADDED.
THE BILL WILL BE GAZETTED TOMORROW (FRIDAY).
UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS FOR FEBRUARY
*
+
APRIL
THE SEASONALLY
ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR FEBRUARY
ACCORDING TO APRIL WAS 2.4%, AND THE UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 1.8%,
BY THE THE LATEST LABOUR FORCE STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (THURSDAY) CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
RATE FOR
THE PROVISIONAL SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT THE PERIOD MARCH MAY WAS 2.3%, WHILE THE PROVISIONAL UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 2.0%.
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THE LATEST STATISTICS SUGGEST THAT BOTH THE UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATES REMAINED BROADLY STABLE.
FEBRUARY
-
APRIL
THE 1993,
OF NUMBER OF FIRST- UNEMPLOYED PERSONS, ADJUSTED FOR VARIATIONS IN THE NUMBER
ESTIMATED AT 68,100, WHILE THE NUMBER OF
TIME
DURING THE
PERIOD
JOB-SEEKERS,
WAS
UNDEREMPLOYED PERSONS WAS ESTIMATED AT 50,300.
OBTAINED
THE UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS WERE FROM A CONTINUOUS GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THE
SOME
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QUARTERLY PERSONS, SELECTED
SURVEY FOR FEBRUARY APRIL 1993 COVERED SAMPLE OF
12,000 HOUSEHOLDS OR 41,600 SCIENTIFICALLY TO REPRESENT THE LAND-BASED CIVILIAN NON-INSTITUTIONAL POPULATION IN HONG KONG.
RELEVANT
DATA WAS OBTAINED IN THE SURVEY
BY
INTERVIEWING
EACH INDIVIDUAL MEMBER AGED 15 AND ABOVE IN THE HOUSEHOLDS SAMPLED.
IN
MEASURING
IN THE SURVEY, THE DEFINITIONS USED UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT FOLLOW CLOSELY THOSE RECOMMENDED
BY
THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION.
DETAILED ANALYSIS OF LABOUR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS IS GIVEN IN PUBLISHED FOUR THE REPORT ON THE GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY WHICH IS TIMES A YEAR.
WILL
THE NEXT REPORT COVERING THE QUARTER ENDING MARCH 1993 BE AVAILABLE FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE BY JULY AT $23.50 A COPY.
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