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Following is a question by the Hon Lee Cheuk-yan and a written reply by the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Professor K C Chan, in the Legislative Council today (April 9):
Question:
Regarding the employment statistics for 2007 compiled by the Census and Statistics Department, will the Government provide the statistics on employed persons for that year (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:
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, broken down by sex, hours of work during the seven days before enumeration and monthly employment earnings for 2007 are set out in Annex 2.
Ends/Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Issued at HKT 15:55
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