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The unemployment and underemployment statistics were obtained from a continuous General Household Survey. The survey for February - April 1996 covered a quarterly sample of some 19,800 households or 66,700 persons, selected scientifically to represent the land-based civilian non-institutional population in Hong Kong. Data were obtained from the survey by interviewing each member aged 15 or over in the households sampled.
In the survey, the definitions used in measuring unemployment and underemployment follow closely those recommended by the International Labour Organisation.
'Seasonally adjusted' refers to adjustment for seasonal variations in the proportion of first-time job-seekers in the labour force.
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 March 1996 will be on sale at the Government Publications Centre on ground floor, Low Block, 66 Queensway, Hong Kong, by the end of June 1996.
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Changes to divorce law come into force
A number of important changes to the divorce law will come into operation next Monday (June 24).
Commencement notices for bringing into operation amendments to the Matrimonial Causes Ordinance, the Matrimonial Causes Rules and the Matrimonial Causes (Fees) Rules are gazetted today (Friday).
A spokesman for the Home Affairs Branch said the amendments were aimed at bringing the law of divorce into line with community expectations and reducing the hardship, acrimony and distress that is often associated with divorce proceedings.
"The amendments provide for a reduction in the current minimum separation periods that apply to divorce petition from two years to one year where both parties consent to the divorce and from five years to two years where one party does not
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