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Part I General Provisions

Article 1

POSITION PAPER

International Labour Convention No. 160

Labour Statistics Convention, 1985

Article

Position in Hong Kong

Updated: Sept 1990

Feb 1991

Each member which ratifies

ratifles this

this Convention undertakes that it will regularly collect, compile and publish basic labour statistics, which shall be progressively expanded in accordance with its resources to cover the following subjecta:

employment,

where

economically active population, relevant unemployment, and where possible visible underemployment;

(a)

(b)

structure and distribution of the

(c)

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economically active population, for detailed analysis and to serve 06 benchmark data;

average earnings and hours of work (hours actually worked Or hours paid for) and, where appropriate; time rates of wages and normal hours of work;

expenditure or, where appropriate, family

or

(a) - (c)

(c) Since 1981 a continuous quarterly General Household Survey has been conducted to collect Information on the labour force characteristics of Hong Kong. The curvey is now based on a quarterly sample of about 12 000 households

41 000 persons, representing about 0.7 % of the land-based, civilian, non-institutional population in Hong Kong. Personal and labour force data are collected by Interviewing each individual member In the household.

Starting from January 1985, measuring labour

the definitions used in labour force, employment and underemployment have been revised 60 a8 to conform with those recommended by the Thirteenth International Conference of Labour Statistics (ICLS) held in October 1982.

(d)

(c)

wage structure and distribution; labour cost;

(f)

consumer price indices;

Further detalls

are given under answers to Articles 7

(g)

household

9.

expenditure and, where possible,

household

income or,

where appropriate, family income;

(d)

See answer under Article 10.

(h)

Occupational injuries and, a6 far as

possible,

Occupational diseases; and

(e)

See answer under Article 11.

(1)

industrial disputes.

(E)

namely, CPI(A), CPI (B) monthly. CPI(A) covers

Three different Consumer Price Index (CPI) series, and Hang Seng CPI, are compiled about 50% of the urban houscholde,

CPI(B) the next 30% and Hang Seng Index another 10%. The remaining 10% of households,

at the top and bottom of the