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THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1994

"CHILDREN WILL HAVE FUN AT THE VARIOUS GAMES STALLS AND FEATURES AS PROVIDED IN THE LAWN AREA OF THE SHOWGROUND, DR LEUNG SAID.

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FOLLOWING THE OPENING CEREMONY, MRS PATTEN TOURED THE SHOWGROUND, ACCOMPANIED BY DR LEUNG; MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG, CHAIRMAN OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL; MR ALBERT LAM, DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES; MR BENJAMIN TANG, DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL SERVICES AND MR LAWRENCE CHEUNG YIU-KONG, CHAIRMAN OF THE 1994 HONG KONG FLOWER SHOW COMMITTEE.

A MAJOR ATTRACTION OF THE SHOW IS THE COMPETITION SECTION CONSISTING OF 113 CLASSES OF EXHIBITS AND THE TOPIARY OF A DINOSAUR, A RARE ATTEMPT IN HONG KONG.

THE 1994 HONG KONG FLOWER SHOW, ORGANISED FOR THE EIGHTH YEAR SINCE 1987, IS OPEN TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FOR 11 DAYS UNTIL

MARCH 27, IN VICTORIA PARK, CAUSEWAY BAY.

THE OPENING HOURS ARE 9 AM TO 9 PM DAILY.

ADMISSION CHARGES ARE $12 FOR AN ADULT AND $6 FOR CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN 4 AND 14, STUDENTS AND SENIOR CITIZENS AGED 60 AND ABOVE.

UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT FIGURES

FOR NOVEMBER 1993 JANUARY 1994

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THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR NOVEMBER 1993

2.0%, AND THE JANUARY 1994 WAS

UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE WAS

STATISTICS RELEASED

1.6%.

TODAY

ACCORDING TO THE LATEST LABOUR FORCE (THURSDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THE

THE

PROVISIONAL SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR PERIOD DECEMBER 1993 FEBRUARY 1994 WAS 1.9%. WHILE THE PROVISIONAL UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 1.6%.

THE LATEST FIGURES INDICATE THAT THE LABOUR MARKET REMAINED TIGHT IN RECENT MONTHS.

DURING THE PERIOD NOVEMBER 1993 JANUARY 1994, THE UNEMPLOYED PERSONS, ADJUSTED FOR VARIATIONS IN THE NUMBER JOB SEEKERS, WAS ESTIMATED AT 57,500, WHILE THE UNDEREMPLOYED PERSONS WAS ESTIMATED AT 47,300.

TIME

SURVEY CONDUCTED

THE UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS WERE A CONTINUOUS GENERAL HOUSEHOLD DEPARTMENT.

FROM

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THE SURVEY FOR NOVEMBER 1993 JANUARY 1994 SAMPLE OF SOME 11,800 HOUSEHOLDS OR 40,800 SCIENTIFICALLY TO REPRESENT THE LAND-BASED CIVILIAN POPULATION IN HONG KONG.

OF NUMBER OF FIRST- NUMBER OF

BY

OBTAINED THE

COVERED A QUARTERLY SELECTED PERSONS,

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

NON-INSTITUTIONAL

RACH INDIVIDUAL

/THE DEFINTTIONS