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270 ELECTION COMPLAINTS RECEIVED

TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1994

THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL OFFICE HAS RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 270 COMPLAINTS ON ELECTION-RELATED ACTIVITIES AS AT TODAY (TUESDAY).

OF ALL THE COMPLAINTS, 216 WERE RELATED TO ELECTION ADVERTISEMENTS, 25 ON ELECTIONEERING IN PRIVATE PREMISES AND 29 ON" OTHER MATTERS.

OUT OF THE 270 CASES, ACTION FOR 181 CASES HAD BEEN COMPLETED.

UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS FOR APRIL JUNE 1994

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THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR APRIL JUNE 1994 WAS 1.9%, AND THE UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 1.3%, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST LABOUR FORCE STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THE PROVISIONAL SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR THE PERIOD OF MAY - JULY 1994 WAS 2.0%, WHILE THE PROVISIONAL UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 1.2%.

THE LATEST FIGURES SUGGEST THAT THE LABOUR MARKET HAS REMAINED GENERALLY TIGHT IN RECENT MONTHS.

DURING THE PERIOD OF APRIL

JUNE 1994, THE NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS, ADJUSTED FOR VARIATIONS IN THE NUMBER TIME JOB-SEEKERS, WAS ESTIMATED AT 56,200, WHILE THE UNDEREMPLOYED PERSONS WAS ESTIMATED AT 38,600.

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

THE SURVEY FOR APRIL JUNE 1994 COVERED A QUARTERLY SAMPLE OF SOME 12,300 HOUSEHOLDS OR 42,300 PERSONS, SELECTED SCIENTIFICALLY TO REPRESENT THE LAND-BASED CIVILIAN NON-INSTITUTIONAL POPULATION IN HONG KONG.

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

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THE SURVEY, THE DEFINITIONS USED IN MEASURING UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT FOLLOW CLOSELY THOSE RECOMMENDED BY INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION.

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

THE NEXT REPORT COVERING THE QUARTER ENDING JUNE AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE BY SEPTEMBER AT $24 A COPY.

1994 WILL BE

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