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FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1988

MUNN APPOINTED SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICER

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(CNTA)

THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT MR CHRISTOPHER MUNN WILL TAKE UP THE DISTRICT OFFICER IN SAI KUNG FROM MONDAY (APRIL 18).

HE WILL SUCCEED MR KEVIN HO, WHO WILL BE POSTED TO THE DUTIES BRANCH.

ANNOUNCED POST OF

GENERAL

MR MUNN JOINED THE CIVIL SERVICE IN AUGUST 1980 AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER. HE WORKED IN SOCIAL SERVICES BRANCH AND CNTA BEFORE BEING APPOINTED CHIEF ASSISTANT SECRETARY (MEMBERS) OF OMELCO.

ALSO ON MONDAY, MRS AGNES ALLCOCK WILL TAKE OVER FROM MRS RITA LAU AS PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY (NEW TERRITORIES).

MRS LAU WILL BE POSTED TO THE CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH.

UNEMPLOYMENT, UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS FOR DEC.-FEB. RELEASED

UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT REMAINED AT A VERY LOW LEVEL IN THE THREE MONTHS DECEMBER 1987 FEBRUARY 1988, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST LABOUR FORCE STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THESE FIGURES INDICATE THAT THE LABOUR MARKET CONDITIONS REMAINED TIGHT, WITH THE LOCAL WORKFORCE FULLY EMPLOYED.

HAVE

THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR DECEMBER 1987-FEBRUARY 1988 WAS 1.6 PER CENT, COMPARED WITH 1.9 PER CENT FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDING NOVEMBER 1987 AND 2.0 PER CENT FOR PERIOD A YEAR EARLIER.

THE

THE SAME

PREVIOUS

THE DECREASES OF 0.3 OF A PERCENTAGE POINT BELOW THREE MONTH PERIOD AND 0.4 OF A PERCENTAGE POINT BELOW THE SAME PERIOD A YEAR EARLIER ARE BOTH STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT.

1988

WHICH

THE LOWER UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR DECEMBER 1987 FEBRUARY WAS DUE TO THE RATHER LOW RATE FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY

1988, PROBABLY RESULTED FROM FEWER JOB-SEEKERS LOOKING FOR WORK DURING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR PERIOD, WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE CLASSIFIED AS UNEMPLOYED.

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