According to the results of the Employment Survey released by the Statistics and Census Service, the unemployment rate for July-September 2007 stood at 3.1%, same as that in the previous period (June-August 2007), but down by 0.7 percentage point year-on-year. The underemployment rate remained unchanged from the previous period, at 1.1%, representing an increase of 0.2 percentage point over the same period of 2006. Induced by the increment in the employed population engaged in Recreational, cultural, gaming & other services; and Hotels, restaurants & similar activities, labour force participation rate for July-September 2007 rose further to 70.4%, up by 0.4 percentage point from the previous period or by 4.1 percentage points year-on-year. Total labour force was estimated at 317,500, within which 307,700 were employed, up by 3,400 over June-August 2007. Number of unemployed was similar as the previous period, at 9,800. About 2,000 were searching for their first job, down by 4.1 percentage points over the preceding period to take up 20.8% of the total unemployed. Administrative information from the Public Security Police indicated that the number of non-resident workers with working permits totalled 79,753 at the end of September 2007.
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