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New telephone job matching service
A telephone job matching service for job-seekers would be introduced in the Labour Department's Job Matching Centre tomorrow (Thursday).
Job-seekers who have registered with any office of the Local Employment Service within two years or with the Job Matching Centre can make use of the Telephone Job Matching Hotline 2576 1424 during office hours to apply for vacancies registered under the Supplementary Labour Scheme (SLS).
The Job Matching Centre was opened this February to tie in with the commencement of the SLS. Local job-seekers interested in vacancies registered under SLS can approach the Centre for free placement services.
Placement officers will assist them identify a most suitable job according to their academic qualifications, job skills, work experience and job expectations.
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Survey of external factor income flows for 1995 launched
The Census and Statistics Department announced today (Wednesday) that the Survey of External Factor Income Flows for 1995 has been launched.
The survey collects data for reference year 1995 on income flows arising from external investment and employment activities of Hong Kong enterprise groups. The data are required for compiling Gross National Product statistics.
The acting Commissioner for Census and Statistics, Mr Joseph Lee, appealed to the management of all sampled companies to fulfil their legal and social responsibilities by returning promptly the completed questionnaires and co-operating with officers of the department in the course of the survey.
He stressed that information pertaining to individual companies would be treated in strict confidence under the Census and Statistics Ordinance. Only aggregated information, which does not reveal details of individual companies, will be released.