XN000022-1983-06-14 — Page 5

TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1983

IN DOING SO, THEY SHOULD BRING ALONG SUPPORTING DOCUMENTARY PROOF SUCH AS RENT RECEIPTS, RATES DEMAND NOTES, WATER BILLS OR ELECTRICITY BILLS BEARING THE NAME OF THE CHILD'S PARENTS OR GUARDIANS.

IF THEIR REQUEST IS JUSTIFIED, THE PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION UNIT WOULD TRY THEIR BEST TO FIND A PLACE FOR THEIR CHILDREN AT A SCHOOL NEARER TO THEIR NEW HOME, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

PARENTS OF CHILDREN WHO HAVE SECURED A DISCRETIONARY PLACE AND HAVE ALREADY REGISTERED WITH A SCHOOL IN DECEMBER LAST YEAR NEED NOT REPEAT REGISTRATION FORMALITIES.

ANY PARENT WISHING TO MAKE FURTHER ENQUIRIES MAY CONTACT THE PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION UNIT ON 5-724383 DURING OFFICE HOURS ON OR AFTER SATURDAY (JUNE 18).

LABOUR FORCE STATISTICS FOR FEBRUARY APRIL 1983 QUARTER

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THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR THE QUARTER FEBRUARY - APRIL 1983 WAS 5.2 PER CENT, WHICH COMPARED WITH 4.3 PER CENT FOR THE PREVIOUS QUARTER ENDING JANUARY 1983, AND 3.4 PER CENT FOR THE QUARTER ENDING APRIL LAST YEAR, ACCORDING TO FIGURES RELEASED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY.

+THE INCREASES OF 0.9 PERCENTAGE POINT AND 1.8 PERCENTAGE POINTS RESPECTIVELY COMPARED WITH THE TWO EARLIER QUARTERS ARE STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT THAT IS, THE INCREASES ARE GREATER THAN CAN BE EXPLAINED BY SAMPLING ERROR, THE COMMISSIONER FOR CENSUS AND STATISTICS STATED.

+A SIGNIFICANT POINT TO NOTE, HOWEVER, IS THAT THE RISING TREND IN UNEMPLOYMENT SINCE THE QUARTER ENDING JUNE 1982 NOW APPEARS TO HAVE PEAKED OUT. AT 5.2 PER CENT THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR FEBRUARY - APRIL 1983 WAS NOT SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT FROM THAT FOR JANUARY MARCH 1983 OF 5.1 PER CENT, HE ADDED.

THE NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS IN THE QUARTER ENDING APRIL 1983 WAS PROVISIONALLY ESTIMATED TO BE 129 000, AS COMPARED WITH 106 700 FOR THE PREVIOUS QUARTER, AND 84 500 FOR THE SAME QUARTER LAST YEAR.

'THE UNDEREMPLOYMENT