According to the results of the Employment Survey released by the Statistics and Census Service, the unemployment rate for January - March 2007 was held stable at 3.2%, same as that in the previous period (December 2006 - February 2007), but down by 0.8 percentage point year-on-year. The underemployment rate stood at 0.7%, which remained unchanged over the previous period, down by 0.3 percentage point over the same period of 2006. About 900 unemployed persons were searching for their first job, representing 9.2% of the total unemployed population, up by 0.8 percentage point over the preceding period. Meanwhile, the unemployment situation improved in the Manufacturing and Construction sectors, but the situation was less favourable in Hotels, restaurants & similar activities; and the Wholesale & retail trade. Total labour force was estimated at 293,000 in January - March 2007, among them, 284,000 were employed and 9,300 were unemployed. Labour force participation rate was 67.0%, down by 0.1 percentage point over December 2006 - February 2007, but up by 2.1 percentage points over the same period of 2006.
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