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MONDAY, OCTOBER 15,

1990

BEFORE

DEBATES ON WEEK, IS

THE ORDER CAN ONLY BE MADE AFTER A DRAFT HAS BEEN LAID AND APPROVED BY A RESOLUTION OF EACH HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT. THE DRAFT ARE LIKELY TO TAKE PLACE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS NEXT AND IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS SHORTLY AFTERWARDS. IF THE DRAFT ORDER APPROVED BY BOTH HOUSES WITHIN OCTOBER, IT WILL BE PUT TO THE QUEEN IN COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 20, AND WILL ENTER INTO FORCE ON DECEMBER 1.

START IF THERE IS NO SLIPPAGE OF THE ABOVE SCHEDULE, WE AIM TO

WILL HAVE THREE THE PUBLIC RECEIVING APPLICATIONS ON DECEMBER 1.

FORMS THE APPLICATION MONTHS IN WHICH TO SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATIONS,

WILL BE WIDELY AND REFERENCE MATERIAL AND OTHER EXPLANATORY

OFFICES THROUGH DISTRICT OFFICES, IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT

THE QUEEN IN AS SOON AS THE ORDER IS MADE BY AND POST OFFICES,

ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING COUNCIL. WE WILL BE MAKING A MORE DETAILED APPLICATION PROCEDURES NEXT MONTH.

DISTRIBUTED

UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS FOR JUNE

*

+

AUGUST 1990

BOTH

THE UNEMPLOYMENT

―

RATE

RATE AND THE UNDEREMPLOYMENT

AUGUST 1990, ACCORDING TO THE REMAINED STABLE DURING THE PERIOD JUNE

CENSUS LATEST LABOUR FORCE STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (MONDAY) BY THE AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

AUGUST

THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR JUNE 1990 WAS 1.8 PER CENT, COMPARED WITH 1.6 PER CENT FOR THE THREE MONTHS YEAR ENDING MAY 1990 AND 1.3 PER CENT FOR THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD A EARLIER.

THE PRECEDING THE INCREASE OF 0.2 OF A PERCENTAGE POINT OVER THREE-MONTH PERIOD IS STATISTICALLY NOT SIGNIFICANT WHILE THE INCREASE OF 0.5

0.5 OF A PERCENTAGE POINT OVER THE CORRESPONDING EARLIER IS STATISTICALLY

SIGNIFICANT.

PERIOD A YEAR

AUGUST 1990 WAS THE NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS IN JUNE

ENDING ESTIMATED AT 48,600, COMPARED WITH 44,200 IN THE THREE MONTHS MAY 1990 AND 36,700 IN THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD IN 1989.

RATE FOR JUNE

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PER 1990

0.9 AUGUST 1990 WAS THE UNDEREMPLOYMENT CENT, COMPARED WITH ONE PER CENT FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDING MAY AND 0.6 PER CENT FOR THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD OF 1989.

PRECEDING

THE DECREASE OF 0.1 OF A PERCENTAGE POINT BELOW THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD IS STATISTICALLY NOT SIGNIFICANT WHILE THE INCREASE OF 0.3 OF A PERCENTAGE POINT OVER THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD OF 1989 · IS STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT.

/THE ESTIMATED