According to the results of the Employment Survey released by the Statistics and Census Service, unemployment rate for April - June 2006 was held stable at 3.8%, same as that in March - May 2006, and decreased by 0.4 percentage point over the same period of 2005. The underemployment rate was 1.2%, down by 0.1 and 0.4 percentage point respectively compared with the preceding period and the same period of 2005. Number of the unemployed searching for their first job was about 1,000, representing 9.6% of the total unemployed population, up by 1.9 percentage points over the preceding period. Compared with the previous period, the unemployment situation was improved in Transport, storage & communications sector; and Recreational, cultural, gaming & other services when the situation for other sectors was similar to that of the preceding period. Total labour force was estimated at 274,000 in April - June 2006; the employed and the unemployed populations were 264,000 and 10,000 respectively. Labour force participation rate was 65.3%, up by 0.3 and 3.1 percentage points respectively over the preceding period and the same period of 2005. Administrative information from the Labour Affairs Bureau and the Public Security Police indicated that number of non-resident workers with working permits totalled 50,247 at the end of June 2006, an increase of 5.0% over March. Please refer to the attached table for detailed information on non-resident workers by industry.
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