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During the period September November 1996, the number of unemployed persons was estimated at 83,500, and the number of underemployed persons at 47,600.
The unemployment and underemployment statistics were obtained from a continuous General Household Survey. The survey for September - November 1996 covered a quarterly sample of some 23,100 households or 77,900 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 December 1996 will be on sale at the Government Publications Centre, ground floor, Low Block, 66 Queensway, Hong Kong, by the end of March.
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Changes to Mental Health Ordinance proposed
The Executive Council has endorsed proposals to amend the Mental Health Ordinance to better protect the rights of mentally disordered and mentally handicapped persons, as well as their carers.
The existing Ordinance associates mental handicap with mental illness by subsuming the two under the same definition "mental disorder". "This may encourage a common misconception that the two disabilities are the same," a spokesman for the Health and Welfare Branch said today (Thursday).
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