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MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1994
UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS FOR JUNE AUGUST 1994
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THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR JUNE-AUGUST" 1994 WAS 2.1%, AND THE UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 1.1%, ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS LATEST LABOUR FORCE STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (MONDAY) BY THE AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THE
THE
THE PROVISIONAL SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR PERIOD OF JULY SEPTEMBER 1994 WAS 2.3%, WHILE
PROVISIONAL
UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 1.1%.
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THE LATEST FIGURES INDICATE THAT THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE EDGED UP RATE REMAINED SLIGHTLY IN RECENT MONTHS, WHILE THE UNDEREMPLOYMENT GENERALLY STABLE.
OF JUNE
AUGUST
THE 1994, UNEMPLOYED PERSONS, ADJUSTED FOR VARIATIONS IN THE NUMBER
WAS ESTIMATED
WHILE THE AT 62,200,
TIME
DURING THE
PERIOD
JOB-SEEKERS,
UNDEREMPLOYED PERSONS WAS ESTIMATED AT 32,700.
NUMBER OF
OF FIRST- NUMBER OF
OBTAINED
THE UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS WERE FROM A CONTINUOUS GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
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THE SURVEY FOR JUNE AUGUST 1994 COVERED A QUARTERLY SAMPLE OF ΤΟ SOME 12,400 HOUSEHOLDS OR 42,600 PERSONS, SELECTED SCIENTIFICALLY REPRESENT THE LAND-BASED CIVILIAN NON-INSTITUTIONAL POPULATION IN HONG KONG.
RELEVANT DATA WAS OBTAINED FROM THE SURVEY BY INTERVIEWING EACH INDIVIDUAL MEMBER AGED 15 AND ABOVE IN THE HOUSEHOLDS SAMPLED,
UNEMPLOYMENT
IN THE SURVEY, THE DEFINITIONS USED IN MEASURING
FOLLOW CLOSELY THOSE RECOMMENDED AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION.
BY THE
IN
DETAILED ANALYSIS OF LABOUR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS IS GIVEN
PUBLISHED FOUR THE REPORT ON THE GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY WHICH IS TIMES A YEAR.
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THE NEXT REPORT COVERING THE QUARTER ENDING SEPTEMBER WILL AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE BY THE END OF DECEMBER AT $24 A COPY.
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