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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1989

SIR DAVID ALSO INSPECTED THE ABOVE WORKS.

KILOMETRE

ROUTE 5, WHICH IS NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION, IS A SEVEN LONG TRUNK ROAD LINKING THE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING TOWNS OF TSUEN WAN SHA TIN AND WILL FORM PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES CIRCULAR ROUTE.

AND

VIA

THE TWO TOWN CENTRES IT WILL REDUCE TRAVELLING TIME BETWEEN FROM 10 TO 15 MINUTES AND RELIEVE CONGESTION ON THE PRESENT ROUTE LION ROCK TUNNEL AND NORTH KOWLOON.

'EDUCATION SUNDAY' TO MARK NEW SCHOOL YEAR

THE COMING YEAR,

SUNDAY

TO MARK THE START OF THE NEW SCHOOL (SEPTEMBER 17) HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS THIS YEAR'S EDUCATION SUNDAY.

CATHEDRAL

SPECIAL CHURCH SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT THE CATHOLIC AND ST JOHN'S CATHEDRAL ON HONG KONG ISLAND, AND AT ST TERESA'S CHURCH AND HOLY TRINITY CHURCH IN KOWLOON ON THAT DAY.

ARE

CHILDREN AND SCHOOL TEACHERS SERVICES WHICH ARE HELD TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO LIES AHEAD WITH CONFIDENCE.

THE

DIRECTOR OF

EDUCATION,

THE

то ATTEND WELCOME

PERFORM THE TASK THAT

MR Y.T.

WILL LI,

ATTEND THE

OF AT

SERVICE AT THE CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL AT 16 CAINE ROAD, WHICH WILL START

DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (INSTITUTE AT 11 AM, WHILE THE ASSISTANT LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION), DR VERNER BICKLEY, WILL ATTEND THE SERVICE ST JOHN'S CATHEDRAL ON GARDEN ROAD AT 11.30 AM.

UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS FOR MAY -

THE

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

DECLINED

JULY RELEASED

THE PERIOD

WHILE

FURTHER UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE REMAINED STABLE AT A LOW LEVEL DURING THE MAY JULY 1989 AS COMPARED WITH THE PRECEDING THREE MONTHS, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST LABOUR FORCE STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY THURSDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

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THESE FIGURES INDICATE THAT THE LABOUR MARKET

WAS STILL TIGHT.

THE CORRESPONDING

JULY 1989

MONTHS PERIOD A

THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR MAY

PER

FOR CENT WAS 1.2 PER CENT COMPARED WITH 1.5

FOR THE ENDING APRIL 1989 AND 1.7 PER CENT YEAR EARLIER.

THREE

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