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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1993

THE

OBTAINED

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

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QUARTERLY

THE SURVEY FOR OCTOBER DECEMBER 1992 COVERED A SAMPLE OF SOME 11,900 HOUSEHOLDS OR 40,900 PERSONS, SELECTED SCIENTIFICALLY TO REPRESENT THE LAND-BASED CIVILIAN NON-INSTITUTIONAL POPULATION IN HONG KONG.

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

THE

IN THE SURVEY, THE DEFINITIONS USED IN MEASURING UNEMPLOYMENT

FOLLOW UNDEREMPLOYMENT

CLOSELY THOSE RECOMMENDED BY INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION.

AND

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

THE

THE NEXT REPORT COVERING THE QUARTER ENDING DECEMBER 1992 BE AVAILABLE FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE BY THE OF MARCH AT $15.50 A COPY.

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INSPECTOR APPOINTED ON SHARES OWNERSHIP

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THIS (TUESDAY) AFTERNOON THAT THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, IN EXERCISE OF THE POWERS CONFERRED ON HIM BY SECTION 33 OF THE SECURITIES (DISCLOSURE OF INTERESTS) ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 396), HAS APPOINTED MR GERARD J MCMAHON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SECURITIES AND FUTURES COMMISSION AS INSPECTOR TO INVESTIGATE AND REPORT ON THE OWNERSHIP OF SHARES IN HONGKEW HOLDINGS LIMITED.

CHLORINATION HOUSE STEPS UP WATER TREATMENT WORKS SAFETY

HONG KONG ENJOYS ONE OF THE SAFEST WATER SUPPLIES IN THE WORLD, THE QUALITY OF WHICH CONFORMS STRICTLY TO THE GUIDELINES FOR DRINKING WATER QUALITY RECOMMENDED BY THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MAN-SHIU, TODAY (TUESDAY) DURING A PRESS VISIT ΤΟ THE COMMISSIONED CHLORINATION HOUSE OF THE SHA TIN TREATMENT WORKS.

MR

HU NEWLY

MR HU SAID THE $32 MILLION INSTALLATION WAS AIMED AT MINIMISING RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORAGE AND HANDLING OF CHLORINE IN THE TREATMENT WORKS.

"CHLORINE, AN EFFECTIVE RELIABLE DISINFECTANT, WIDELY FOR DRINKING WATER DISINFECTION. IN LINE WITH THE ADOPTED IN MOST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, CHLORINE IS ALSO USED KONG FOR DRINKING WATER TREATMENT.

19 USED PRACTICE IN HONG

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