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SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1986 .

CHIEF SECRETARY SEES PARK FUN

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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, TODAY (SATURDAY) ATTENDED RECREATIONAL AND SPORTS EVENTS HELD AT THE VICTORIA PARK TO CELEBRATE THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY.

SIR DAVID WAS WELCOMED BY THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES.

MR CHUI KAM- THE VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE RECREATION SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, MR SAMUEL WONG AND THE CHIEF MANAGER (LEISURE SERVICES) HONG KONG OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT,

MR R.F. POLLARD.

SIR DAVID PRESENTED A SOUVENIR PENNANT TO THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE BAND AFTER LISTENING TO ITS PERFORMANCE.

HE THEN PROCEEDED TO THE GRASS PITCHES TO WATCH FUN GAMES FOR SENIOR CITIZENS AND CHILDREN AND A HANDBALL KNOCKOUT COMPETITION.

SIR DAVID RECEIVED A SOUVENIR PENNANT PRESENTED TO HIM BY CHILDREN TAKING PART IN THE FUN GAMES.

THE CHIEF SECRETARY LATER TOURED THE VARIOUS PARTS OF THE PARK TO SEE RESIDENTS PARTICIPATING IN BALL-GAME COMPETITIONS, A +DANCE-FOR-ALL+ AND A FITNESS EXERCISE.

UNEMPLOYMENT SITUATION STABLE IN FEBRUARY APR IL

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THE UNEMPLOYMENT SITUATION REMAINED STABLE WHILE THE UNDER- EMPLOYMENT SITUATION IMPROVED SLIGHTLY IN THE QUARTER FEBRUARY APRIL 1986 COMPARED WITH THE QUARTER ENDING JANUARY 1986, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST LABOUR FORCE STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THE COMMISSIONER FOR CENSUS AND STATISTICS POINTED OUT THAT THE DEFINITIONS OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT HAVE BEEN MODIFIED SINCE JANUARY 1985 TO CONFORM WITH THE LATEST RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION (ILO). THE UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS COMPILED UNDER THE NEW DEFINITIONS HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED FOR A YEAR, ALONG WITH THOSE COMPILED UNDER THE OLD DEFINITIONS. HOWEVER, FROM NOW ON, ONLY THE NEW SERIES WILL BE PUBLISHED.

/UNDER TH