ice, unemployment rate for July - September 2005 was 4.1%, which stayed at the same level as recorded in June - August 2005, down by 0.6 percentage point compared with the same period of 2004. The underemployment rate was 1.5%, down by 0.1 and 0.2 percentage point respectively over June - August 2005 and the same period of 2004. Number of the unemployed searching for their first job was about 1,900, which represented 18.7% of the total unemployed population, up by 2.5 percentage points over June - August 2005. Compared with June - August 2005, unemployment situation continued to improve in the Construction sector and Recreational, cultural, gaming & other service activities, while the situation was less favourable in Retail trade and Hotels, restaurants & similar activities. Total labour force was estimated at 251,000 in July - September 2005; the employed and the unemployed populations were 241,000 and 10,000 respectively. Labour force participation rate was 63.4%, same as that for June - August 2005, but up by 1.1 percentage points over the same period of 2004. Administrative information from the Public Security Police indicated that number of non-resident workers with working permits totalled 34,718 at the end of September 2005, an increase of 11.6% over June 2005. Please refer to the attached table for detailed information on non-resident workers by industry.
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