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TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1993

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PROVISIONAL SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR THE JULY 1993 WAS 2.2%, WHILE THE PROVISIONAL UNDEREMPLOYMENT

RATE WAS 1.8%.

DURING THE PERIOD APRIL JUNE 1993, THE NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS, ADJUSTED FOR VARIATIONS IN THE NUMBER OF FIRST-TIME JOB- SEEKERS, WAS ESTIMATED AT 62,200, WHILE THE NUMBER OF UNDEREMPLOYED PERSONS WAS ESTIMATED AT 57,100.

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

THE SURVEY FOR APRIL

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OF JUNE 1993 COVERED A QUARTERLY SAMPLE SOME 11,900 HOUSEHOLDS OR 41,700 PERSONS, SELECTED SCIENTIFICALLY ΤΟ REPRESENT THE LAND-BASED CIVILIAN NON-INSTITUTIONAL POPULATION IN HONG KONG.

RELEVANT DATA WAS OBTAINED 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 BY THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION.

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

THE NEXT REPORT COVERING THE QUARTER ENDING JUNE 1993 WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER AT $23.50 A COPY.

SAFETY IN KINDERGARTEN ACTIVITIES

IN RESPONSE TO MEDIA ENQUIRIES ABOUT SAFETY IN KINDERGARTEN ACTIVITIES, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID: "THE DEPARTMENT WOULD LIKE TO OFFER ITS CONDOLENCES TO THE PARENTS OF A BOY WHO WAS FOUND DEAD IN SHA TIN THIS MORNING.

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"WE ARE NOW VIGOROUSLY INVESTIGATING INTO THE CIRCUMSTANCES THE CASE. IT WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS AT THIS STAGE.

"GUIDELINES ON SAFETY ARE ISSUED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AS A REMINDER TO OPERATIONS, INCLUDING THE SAFETY OF CHILDREN AT PLAY, IN THE CLASSROOM AND IN THE LABORATORY. THIS WILL BE KEPT IN MIND IN INVESTIGATION," HE SAID.

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