MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1994
DURING THE NUMBER OF 1992
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DOCUMENTS RECEIVED FOR FILING YBAR INCREASED BY 5% FROM 1,229,185 TO 1,294,918 AND THE SEARCHES MADE BY THE PUBLIC DURING 1993 AS COMPARED WITH THAT IN INCREASED BY 11.2% FROM 1,657,164 TO 1,842,566.
THE FIGURES FOR 1993 INDICATED THAT IN THE LATTER HALF OF 1993, 28,354 COMPANIES WERE REGISTERED COMPARED WITH 33,477 IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS.
THE REGISTRAR
OF OF THE RETURNS WITH
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PROSECUTIONS TAKEN BY COMPANIES AGAINST COMPANIES AND THEIR DIRECTORS FOR BREACHES COMPANIES ORDINANCE, MAINLY FOR FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL ACCOUNTS, IN 1993 WAS 248.
ANOTHER 13 SUMMONSES WERE OUTSTANDING FROM 1992.
IN CONVICTIONS
OF THIS TOTAL OF 261 SUMMONSES, 192 RESULTED (COMPARED WITH 107 IN 1992) AND 42 REMAINED TO BE HEARD BY THE COURT.
THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FINES IMPOSED FOR CONVICTIONS IN 1993 $1,580,525 COMPARED WITH $543,130 IN 1992.
COMMENTING ON
WAS
KONG BY
JONES SAID THEY REFLECTED FIGURES MR THESE INCREASED COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY LOCALLY AND INTEREST IN HONG OVERSEA INVESTORS.
UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS FOR SEPTEMBER
―
NOVEMBER
* * *
THE
ADJUSTED SEASONALLY
RATE UNEMPLOYMENT
-
FOR SEPTEMBER NOVEMBER 1993 WAS 2%, AND THE UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 1.4%, ACCORDING ΤΟ THE LATEST LABOUR FORCE STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (MONDAY) BY CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THE
DECEMBER UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 1.5%.
THE
PERIOD OCTOBER
-
PROVISIONAL SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR
WAS 1993
WHILE 2%,
THE PROVISIONAL
THE
REMAINED
THE LATEST FIGURES SUGGEST THAT THE LABOUR MARKET HAS TIGHT IN RECENT MONTHS
AND SEPTEMBER
NOVEMBER 1993, THE DURING THE PERIOD BETWEEN NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS, ADJUSTED FOR VARIATIONS IN THE NUMBER OF FIRST-TIME JOB-SEEKERS, WAS ESTIMATED AT 59,200, WHILE THE UNDEREMPLOYED PERSONS WAS ESTIMATED AT 41,800.
NUMBER OF
OBTAINED
THE UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS WERE FROM A CONTINUOUS GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
/THE SURVEY
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