12
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1994
UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT
STATISTICS FOR MAY TO JULY
*
*
THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR MAY TO JULY THIS YEAR WAS 1.9 PER CENT, AND THE UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 1.2 PER CENT, ACCORDING ΤΟ THE LATEST LABOUR FORCE STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY
(FRIDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THE
THE PROVISIONAL SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR PERIOD OF JUNE TO AUGUST 1994 WAS 2.1 PER CENT, WHILE THE PROVISIONAL UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 1.1 PER CENT.
THE LATEST FIGURES SUGGEST THAT THE LABOUR MARKET CONDITIONS REMAINED GENERALLY TIGHT IN RECENT MONTHS.
DURING THE PERIOD OF MAY TO JULY 1994, THE NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS, ADJUSTED FOR VARIATIONS IN THE NUMBER OF FIRST-TIME JOB- SEEKERS, WAS ESTIMATED AT 57,800, WHILE THE NUMBER OF UNDEREMPLOYED PERSONS WAS ESTIMATED AT 35,900.
THE UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS WERE OBTAINED FROM A CONTINUOUS GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THE SURVEY FOR MAY TO JULY 1994 COVERED A QUARTERLY SAMPLE OF SOME 12,300 HOUSEHOLDS OR 42,500 PERSONS, SELECTED SCIENTIFICALLY TO REPRESENT THE LAND-BASED CIVILIAN NON-INSTITUTIONAL POPULATION IN HONG KONG.
BACH
RELEVANT DATA WERE OBTAINED FROM THE SURVEY BY INTERVIEWING INDIVIDUAL MEMBER AGED 15 AND ABOVE IN THE HOUSEHOLDS SAMPLED.
IN THE SURVEY, THE DEFINITIONS USED IN MEASURING UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT FOLLOW CLOSELY THOSE RECOMMENDED BY THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION.
THE
DETAILED ANALYSIS OF LABOUR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS IS GIVEN IN REPORT ON THE GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY WHICH IS PUBLISHED FOUR TIMES A YEAR.
THE NEXT REPORT COVERING THE QUARTER ENDING JUNE 1994 WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER AT $24 A COPY.
0
/13