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TUESDAY, SEPTIMBER 15, 1987

ᎢᎻᎪᎢ . SURVEY

AND

THE COMMISSIONER ADDED

BASED ON A SYSTEM OF MANUAL EXTRACTION OF INFORMATION FROM

QUESTIONNAIRES FOR THE LATEST MONTH, PROVISIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT

UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATES COVERING THE LATEST THREE MONTH PERIOD COULD BR MADE AVAILABLE WITHIN TWO WEEKS AFTER THE SURVEY. THESE PROVIDE AN KARLY INDICATION OF THE LATEST TREND IN THE UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT SITUATION.

THE PROVISIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED, FOR -AUGUST 1987 WAS 1.8 PER CENT AND THE PROVISIONAL UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 1 PER CENT.

JUNE

THE UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS WERE OBTAINED FROM A CONTINUOUS GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THIS SURVEY COVERS A QUARTERLY SAMPLE OF SOME 14,000 HOUSEHOLDS OR 51,000 PERSONS, SELECTED SCIENTIFICALLY TO REPRESENT THE LAND-BASED CIVILIAN NON-INSTITUTIONAL POPULATION IN HONG KONG.

PERSONAL AND LABOUR FORCE DATA WERE OBTAINED IN THE SURVEY BY INTERVIEWING EACH 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 ILO.

DETAILED ANALYSIS OF LABOUR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS IS GIVEN IN THE REPORT ON THE GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY WHICH IS PUBLISHED FOUR TIMES A YEAR.

THE NEXT REPORT COVERING THE QUARTER ENDING JUNE 1987 SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION CENTRE AROUND SEPTEMBER 20, 1987 AT $9.50 PER COPY.

EX-CHINA RESIDENTS OF MACAU TO BE ALLOWED TO JOIN WIVES IN HONG KONG

THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT WILL INTRODUCE FROM NEXT MONTH A SCHEME TO ALLOW A LIMITED NUMBER OF EX-CHINA RESIDENTS OF MACAU WHO ARE MARRIED TO HONG KONG RESIDENTS (TOGETHER WITH THEIR DEPENDENT CHILDREN) TO JOIN THEIR WIVES IN HONG KONG.

APPLICATION WILL BE ACCEPTED FROM THOSE WHO HOLD MACAU IDENTITY CARDS ISSUED AFTER JANUARY 14, 1979 AND WHO CAN SHOW THAT THEY HAVE BEEN LIVING IN MACAU FOR AT LEAST SEVEN YEARS AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION.

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