According to the results of the Employment Survey released by the Statistics and Census Service, unemployment rate for October - December 2005 was 4.0%, which remained at the same level as recorded in September - November 2005, and decreased by 0.1 percentage point compared with the same period of 2004. The underemployment rate was 1.4%, down by 0.1 percentage point compared with September - November 2005, but unchanged compared with the same period of 2004. Number of the unemployed searching for their first job was about 1,100, which represented 10.6% of the total unemployed population, down by 3.1 percentage points over September - November 2005. Compared with September - November 2005, the unemployment situation continued to improve in Hotels, restaurants & similar activities; and Retail trade sector. Recreational, cultural, gaming & other service activities also showed improvement, while the situation was less favourable in Real estate, renting & business activities; and Transport, storage & communications. Total labour force was estimated at 259,000 in October - December 2005; the employed and the unemployed populations were 249,000 and 10,000 respectively. Labour force participation rate was 64.3%, up by 0.8 and 1.3 percentage points respectively compared with September - November 2005 and the same period of 2004. Administrative information from the Public Security Police indicated that number of non-resident workers with working permits totalled 39,411 at the end of December 2005, an increase of 13.5% over September 2005. Please refer to the attached table for detailed information on non-resident workers by industry.
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