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The report on the General Household Survey for January - March 2003 is now available for sale.
The report contains statistics on labour force, employment, unemployment and underemployment for the first quarter of 2003. It also contains detailed analyses of the characteristics of different categories of members of the labour force, including their age, sex, educational attainment, employment status, occupation, industry, hours worked per week and monthly employment earnings. Data on reasons for leaving last job and duration of unemployment for the unemployed are also presented.
The report on the General Household Survey can be purchased from the Government Publications Centre, Ground Floor, Low Block, Queensway Government Offices, 66 Queensway, Hong Kong (Tel.: 2537 1910), or from the Publications Unit of the Census and Statistics Department, 19th Floor, Wanchai Tower, 12 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong (Tel.: 2582 3025). Internet users may purchase the report online at the "Statistical Bookstore, Hong Kong" (Address: http://www.statisticalbookstore.gov.hk) with payment made instantly. Softcopies of the report purchased are available for immediate downloading while hardcopies purchased will be delivered by mail. Subscription to regular publications and advance ordering of upcoming releases are also available. The Statistical Bookstore is hosted on the ESD portal (Address: http://www.esd.gov.hk) together with other public services. A mail order form for ordering or arranging subscription to hardcopies of publications is available in most publications of the Census and Statistics Department. It may be completed and sent back together with a cheque or bank draft covering all necessary cost and postage. The order form is also available for downloading from the website of the Department (Address : http://www.info.gov.hk/censtatd/eng/service_desk/forms_index.html).
The General Household Survey, conducted on a continuous basis, aims to collect information on the labour force, employment, unemployment and underemployment.
A letter will be sent to the sampled households prior to each survey month to explain the purpose of the Survey and to seek their co-operation.
Officers of the department will visit the households concerned to collect the required information. When visiting households, they carry with them a Government Identity Card and a certificate for conducting the Survey. They will make such documents available for inspection by households.
To make it more convenient for both the households and the department, the sampled households could telephone the department to make prior appointment for visit by the interviewers.
Enquiries about the survey can be directed to the General Household Survey Section (2), Census and Statistics Department at Tel.: 2887 5506.
End/Thursday, May 29, 2003
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