According to the results of the Employment Survey released by the Statistics and Census Service, the unemployment rate for March-May 2007 was held stable at 3.2%, same as that in the previous period (February-April 2007), but down by 0.7 percentage point year-on-year. The underemployment rate was up by 0.1 percentage point over the previous period to 0.9%, but fell by 0.4 percentage point over the same period of 2006. Total labour force was estimated at 301,000 in March-May 2007. Labour force participation rate was 68.0%, up by 0.7 percentage point over the preceding period and by 2.8 percentage points year-on-year. The employed population was estimated at 291,000, an increase of about 4,500 over the previous period, principally induced by the increment of the number of persons working in Gaming; and Hotels, restaurants & similar activities. Meanwhile, the unemployment situation in other sectors remained stable. In addition, the unemployed population was estimated at 9,500, up slightly by 100 compared with the previous period. Among the unemployed, about 600 were searching for their first job, representing 6.6% of the total unemployed, down by 2.2 percentage points over the preceding period.
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