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MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1994
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THE SURVEY FOR SEPTEMBER NOVEMBER 1993 COVERED A QUARTERLY SAMPLE OF SOME 11,800 HOUSEHOLDS OR 40,700 PERSONS, SELECTED SCIENTIFICALLY TO REPRESENT THE LAND-BASED CIVILIAN NON-INSTITUTIONAL POPULATION IN HONG KONG.
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 AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT FOLLOW CLOSELY THOSE RECOMMENDED BY THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION.
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DETAILED ANALYSIS OF LABOUR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS IS GIVEN REPORT ON THE GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY WHICH IS PUBLISHED FOUR TIMES A YEAR.
THE NEXT REPORT COVERING THE QUARTER ENDING DECEMBER 1993 WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL BY THE END OF MARCH, AT $23.50 A COPY.
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TENDER FOR SECOND ISSUE OF 3-YEAR EXCHANGE FUND NOTES
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THE HONG KONG MONETARY AUTHORITY ANNOUNCED TODAY (MONDAY) THE TENDER FOR THE SECOND ISSUE OF THREE-YEAR EXCHANGE FUND NOTES WILL BE HELD ON JANUARY 24 (MONDAY) FOR SETTLEMENT ON JANUARY 25 (TUESDAY).
SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS ISSUE, AN AMOUNT OF $500 MILLION THREE- YEAR EXCHANGE FUND NOTES WILL BE ON OFFER.
ANOTHER $100 MILLION FOR EACH ISSUE WILL BE HELD AS RESERVE BY THE HONG KONG MONETARY AUTHORITY FOR SUPPLY TO MARKET MAKERS IN THE SECONDARY MARKET.
THE NOTES WILL MATURE ON JANUARY 27, 1997 AND WILL CARRY INTEREST AT THE RATE OF 4.60 PER CENT PER ANNUM PAYABLE SEMI-ANNUALLY IN ARREARS.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO TENDER FOR THE NOTES MAY DO SO THROUGH ANY OF THE MARKET MAKERS OR RECOGNISED DEALERS ON THE PUBLISHED LIST WHICH CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE HONG KONG MONETARY AUTHORITY AT 30TH FLOOR, 3 GARDEN ROAD, HONG KONG (OR TELEPHONE
878 8150).
EACH TENDER MUST BE FOR AN AMOUNT OF $50,000 OR MULTIPLES THEREOF,
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