According to the results of the Employment Survey released by the Statistics and Census Service, unemployment rate for September - November 2006 was held stable at 3.6%, as in August - October 2006, but decreased by 0.4 percentage point over the same period of 2005. The underemployment rate stood at 0.9%, which remained unchanged from the previous period, but down by 0.6 percentage point year-on-year. About 1,300 unemployed persons were searching for their first job, representing 12.7% of the total unemployed population, a decline of 1.0 percentage point over the preceding period. Compared with August - October 2006, the unemployment situation was improved in Manufacturing; Transport, storage & communications; and Real estate, renting & business activities, while the situation in other sectors remained stable. Total labour force was estimated at 285,000 in September - November 2006, of which the employed and the unemployed populations were 275,000 and 10,000 respectively. Labour force participation rate was 66.2%, same as that in August - October 2006, but up by 2.7 percentage points over the same period of 2005.
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