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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1993

THE CONTRACT PERIOD COVERS NEXT YEAR.

24 MONTHS STARTING FROM

JANUARY

CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF TENDERS IS NOON ON NOVEMBER 5.

BE OBTAINED FROM FORMS OF TENDER AND FURTHER PARTICULARS MAY

DIVISION, CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE, THE CHIEF ENGINEER, PORT WORKS CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, FIFTH FLOOR, CIVIL ENGINEERING BUILDING, 101 PRINCESS MARGARET ROAD, HO MAN TIN, KOWLOON.

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UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT

STATISTICS FOR JUNE

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AUGUST

AUGUST THE

THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR JUNE WAS 2%, AND THE UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 1.5%, ACCORDING TO LATEST LABOUR FORCE STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THE

THE PROVISIONAL SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR PERIOD JULY

SEPTEMBER 1993 WAS 2%, WHILE THE PROVISIONAL UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 1.3%.

THE LATEST FIGURES SUGGEST THAT THE LABOUR MARKET HAS TIGHTENED SLIGHTLY FURTHER IN RECENT MONTHS.

DURING THE PERIOD JUNE AUGUST 1993, THE NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED ADJUSTED FOR VARIATIONS IN THE NUMBER OF FIRST-TIME JOB- WAS ESTIMATED AT 58,400, WHILE THE NUMBER OF UNDEREMPLOYED PERSONS WAS ESTIMATED AT 42,100.

PERSONS, SEEKERS,

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

THE SURVEY FOR JUNE

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AUGUST 1993 COVERED A QUARTERLY SAMPLE OF SOME 11,900 HOUSEHOLDS OR 41,200 PERSONS, SELECTED SCIENTIFICALLY TO REPRESENT THE LAND-BASED CIVILIAN NON-INSTITUTIONAL POPULATION IN HONG KONG.

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

EACH

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 SEPTEMBER 1993 WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL BY END OF DECEMBER AT $23.50 A COPY.

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