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MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1991

AS THE PROPORTION OF FIRST-TIME JOB-SEEKERS (PEOPLE WHO HAVE JUST LEFT SCHOOL) VARIES FROM MONTH TO MONTH, UNEMPLOYMENT RATES THAT HAD BEEN SEASONALLY ADJUSTED TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE VARIATIONS IN THE NUMBER OF FIRST-TIME JOB-SEEKERS SHOULD BE USED IN MAKING COMPARISONS OVER TIME.

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

THE SURVEY FOR AUGUST - OCTOBER THIS YEAR COVERED A QUARTERLY SAMPLE OF SOME 11.700 HOUSEHOLDS OR 41,000 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 THE ILO.

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

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THE NEXT REPORT COVERING THE QUARTER ENDING SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS GROUND FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL DECEMBER 20 AT $13.50 PER COPY.

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AMS PRAISED FOR UPHOLDING TRADITION OF VOLUNTARY SERVICE

THE GOVERNMENT'S INVESTMENT OF $50 MILLION IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND FITTING OUT OF THE NEW AUXILIARY MEDICAL SERVICES HEADQUARTERS BUILDING IS A VERY VISIBLE DEMONSTRATION TO BOTH THE VOLUNTEERS TO THE PUBLIC OF THE IMPORTANCE THE GOVERNMENT ATTACHES TO THE SERVICE, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

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SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE AMS HEADQUARTERS BUILDING IN MAN TIN, SIR DAVID SAID THE AMS WERE A FIRST RATE EXAMPLE OF HONO KONG'S STRONG TRADITION OF VOLUNTARY SERVICE.

"THIS IS A TRADITION WHICH IS HIGHLY PRIZED BY THE AND BY THE GOVERNMENT.

COMMUNITY

"FOR OVER 40 YEARS THE AMS HAS PROVIDED HIGHLY SUPPORT TO THE REGULAR HEALTH SERVICES, HE SAID.

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STRENGTH

THAT THE AMS NOW HAD OVER 4,000 VOLUNTEERS SHOWED THE OF THE SPIRIT OF VOLUNTARY SERVICE IN THE COMMUNITY, SIR DAVID ADDED.

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