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MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1994

UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS FOR JUNE AUGUST 1994

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THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR JUNE-AUGUST" 1994 WAS 2.1%, AND THE UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 1.1%, ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS LATEST LABOUR FORCE STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (MONDAY) BY THE AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THE

THE

THE PROVISIONAL SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR PERIOD OF JULY SEPTEMBER 1994 WAS 2.3%, WHILE

PROVISIONAL

UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 1.1%.

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THE LATEST FIGURES INDICATE THAT THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE EDGED UP RATE REMAINED SLIGHTLY IN RECENT MONTHS, WHILE THE UNDEREMPLOYMENT GENERALLY STABLE.

OF JUNE

AUGUST

THE 1994, UNEMPLOYED PERSONS, ADJUSTED FOR VARIATIONS IN THE NUMBER

WAS ESTIMATED

WHILE THE AT 62,200,

TIME

DURING THE

PERIOD

JOB-SEEKERS,

UNDEREMPLOYED PERSONS WAS ESTIMATED AT 32,700.

NUMBER OF

OF FIRST- NUMBER OF

OBTAINED

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

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THE SURVEY FOR JUNE AUGUST 1994 COVERED A QUARTERLY SAMPLE OF ΤΟ SOME 12,400 HOUSEHOLDS OR 42,600 PERSONS, SELECTED SCIENTIFICALLY 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,

UNEMPLOYMENT

IN THE SURVEY, THE DEFINITIONS USED IN MEASURING

FOLLOW CLOSELY THOSE RECOMMENDED AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION.

BY THE

IN

DETAILED ANALYSIS OF LABOUR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS IS GIVEN

PUBLISHED FOUR THE REPORT ON THE GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY WHICH IS TIMES A YEAR.

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THE NEXT REPORT COVERING THE QUARTER ENDING SEPTEMBER WILL AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE BY THE END OF DECEMBER AT $24 A COPY.

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