Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the unemployment rate for April-June 2010 was 2.8% and the underemployment rate was 1.9%, down by 0.1 and 0.2 percentage point respectively over the previous period (March-May 2010). Total labour force was 326,000 in April-June 2010 and the labour force participation rate stood at 71.6%, with the employed population increasing by about 1,000 over the previous period to 317,000. Analyzed by industry, employment of the Transport, Storage & Communications Sector and Recreational, Cultural, Gaming & Other Services registered an increase. Number of the unemployed decreased by about 300 from the previous period to 9,300. As the summer holiday approached, number of fresh labour force entrants saw increase, accounting for 7.5% of the unemployed, up by 2.1 percentage points over the previous period. In comparison with April-June 2009, the labour force participation rate and the unemployment rate decreased by 1.0 and 0.8 percentage point respectively; however, the underemployment rate rose by 0.1 percentage point. In the second quarter of 2010, the unemployment rate of local residents stood at 3.4%, down by 0.3 percentage point quarter-to-quarter; meanwhile, the labour force participation rate of local residents rose by 0.9 percentage point to 67.1%.
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