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Following is a question by the Hon Lau Chin-shek and a written reply by the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Mr Frederick Ma, in the Legislative Council today (March 28):
Question:
Regarding the employment statistics for 2005 and 2006 compiled by the Census and Statistics Department, will the Government provide the annual numbers of employed persons (excluding unpaid family workers, foreign domestic helpers and employed persons who worked less than 35 hours during the seven days before enumeration due to vacation), broken down by the groupings in the form at Annex 1?
Reply:
Madam President,
According to the findings of the General Household Survey conducted by the Census and Statistics Department, the number of employed persons (in thousand), excluding unpaid family workers, foreign domestic helpers and those working less than 35 hours during the seven days before enumeration due to vacation, by sex, hours of work during the seven days before enumeration and monthly employment earnings for 2005 and 2006 are set out in Annex 2.
Ends/Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Issued at HKT 12:09
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