Statistics and Census Service released the results of Employment Survey for the 1st quarter of 2006. Principal indicators such as the labour force participation rate, unemployment rate and underemployment rate have been published in the brief report at the beginning of May. In the 1st quarter of 2006, total labour force was estimated at 265,800, within which 255,400 were employed and 10,400 were unemployed. Compared with the 4th quarter of 2005, the employed population and unemployed population increased 7,000 and 100 respectively. Within the employed population, 52.6% were male. § Analyzed by industry, the majority of the employed population were engaging in Recreational, cultural, gaming & other service activities (17.2%), Wholesale & retail trade (15.3%), Manufacturing (13.1%), as well as the Construction sector (11.1%). § In terms of occupation, 21.6% of the employed population were Clerks (including casino dealers, floorpersons, betting service operators, etc.), 20.2% were Service & sales workers and 17.1% were Unskilled workers. § The median actual hours worked per week was 47.3 hours; the median monthly employment earnings was MOP5,992. Within the unemployed, 92.9% were searching for a new job, while 7.1% had never worked and were searching for their first job. With regard to the educational attainment, 9.0% had lower than primary education; 26.3% had primary education; 36.7% had junior secondary education; 17.0% had senior secondary education and 11.0% had tertiary education. Within the unemployed that were searching for a new job: § Analyzed by their previous industry engaged, the majority had worked in Manufacturing (19.0%); Wholesale & retail trade (17.9%); Recreational, cultural, gaming & other service activities (15.4%); as well as Hotels, restaurants & similar activities (15.2%). § In terms of their previous occupation, 25.2% were Service & sales workers; Unskilled workers (20.5%) and Clerks (17.5%).
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