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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 (July 2)ĄG
Question:
Regarding the employment statistics compiled by the Census and Statistics Department, will the Government provide the statistics, in each of the past three years, on the number of employed persons and their average hours of work during the seven days before enumeration, broken down by industry group and occupation (please provide the statistics using the tables 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) by sex and hours of work during the seven days before enumeration, and their average hours of work during the seven days before enumeration broken down by industry group and occupation respectively for years 2005 to 2007 are set out in Table 1 and Table 2 at Annex 2.
Ends/Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Issued at HKT 12:20
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