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UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS FOR FEBRUARY APRIL

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THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR FEBRUARY APRIL THIS YEAR WAS 2.5%, AND THE UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 2.2%, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST LABOUR FORCE STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THE

THE

PROVISIONAL SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR PERIOD MARCH

MAY 1992 WAS ALSO 2.5%, WHILE THE PROVISIONAL UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 2.3%.

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IT APPEARS THAT THE INCREASES IN THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AND THE UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE IN RECENT MONTHS HAVE STABILISED SOMEWHAT LATELY.

DURING THE PERIOD FEBRUARY

APRIL 1992, THE NUMBER OF OF FIRST- UNEMPLOYED PERSONS, ADJUSTED FOR VARIATIONS IN THE NUMBER TIME JOB-SEEKERS,

ESTIMATED AT 70,300, WHILE THE NUMBER OF

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UNDEREMPLOYED PERSONS WAS ESTIMATED AT 62,100.

OBTAINED

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

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THE SURVEY FOR FEBRUARY APRIL 1992 COVERED A QUARTERLY SAMPLE SOME 11,600 HOUSEHOLDS OR 40,400 PERSONS, SELECTED SCIENTIFICALLY TO REPRESENT THE LAND-BASED CIVILIAN NON-INSTITUTIONAL POPULATION HONG KONG.

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RELEVANT 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

FOLLOW UNDEREMPLOYMENT

CLOSELY THOSE RECOMMENDED BY THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION.

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DETAILED

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

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THE NEXT REPORT COVERING THE QUARTER ENDING MARCH 1992 WILL AVAILABLE FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, JUNE 22, AT $15.50 PER COPY.

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1991 SURVEY OF WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS

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(TUESDAY}

THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT THE SURVEY OF WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS FOR 1991 HAS JUST STARTED.

THE

SURVEY IS

PART CONDUCTED ANNUALLY AND REPRESENTS

OF A ON THE CONTINUOUS PROGRAMME IN THE DEPARTMENT TO COMPILE STATISTICS STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE OF VARIOUS ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN HONG KONG.

/THE AIMS