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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1992

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REPAYMENT OF

2005

1999

2010

2006

DEBT BY

BEGIN DIVIDEND

2005

2000

2001

1997

PAYMENTS

AIRPORT AUTHORITY

TO PAY AIR TRAFFIC

CONTROL AND

METEOROLOGICAL

CHARGES FROM:

2005

DAY OF OPENING

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UNEMPLOYMENT STATISTICS FOR MAY JULY

THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR THE QUARTER MAY THIS YEAR WAS 2.1% AND THE

UNDEREMPLOYMENT

FORCE

JULY

ΤΟ ACCORDING

THE LATEST LABOUR

STATISTICS (THURSDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

WAS RATE

2.2%, RELEASED TODAY

THE

THE PROVISIONAL SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR

UNDEREMPLOYMENT PERIOD JUNE AUGUST WAS 1.9%, WHILE THE PROVISIONAL RATE WAS 2.0%.

THE LATEST FIGURES SUGGEST THAT THE LABOUR MARKET HAS TIGHTENED AND THE SOMEWHAT IN RECENT MONTHS, AS BOTH THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE HAVE EDGED LOWER.

UP

DURING

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OF UNEMPLOYED OF FIRST-TIME JOB- OF UNDEREMPLOYED

THE PERIOD MAY JULY 1992, THE NUMBER PERSONS, ADJUSTED FOR VARIATIONS IN THE NUMBER SEEKERS, WAS ESTIMATED AT 59,600, WHILE THE NUMBER PERSONS WAS ESTIMATED AT 61,100.

OBTAINED

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

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SAMPLE OF THE SURVEY FOR MAY JULY 1992 COVERED A QUARTERLY

ΤΟ SOME 11,800 HOUSEHOLDS OR 41,300 PERSONS, SELECTED SCIENTIFICALLY REPRESENT THE LAND-BASED CIVILIAN NON-INSTITUTIONAL POPULATION IN HONG KONG.

RELEVANT DATA WAS OBTAINED IN THE SURVEY BY INTERVIEWING INDIVIDUAL MEMBER AGED 15 AND ABOVE IN THE HOUSEHOLDS SAMPLED.

EACH

/IN THE