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Employment survey for September-November 2015


Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the unemployment rate for September-November 2015 remained stable at 1.9% as in the previous period (August-October 2015); the underemployment rate was 0.6%, up by 0.1 percentage point. Total labour force was 400,900 and the labour force participation rate stood at 73.2%. Total employment decreased by 1,100 from August-October, at 393,400. Analysed by industry, employment in Gaming & Junket Activities registered decrease, while that in Hotels & Similar Activities saw increase. Number of the unemployed was 7,400, down slightly by 100 from August-October; fresh labour force entrants searching for their first job accounted for 11.7% of the total unemployed, down by 0.2 percentage points. In comparison with September-November 2014, the labour force participation rate decreased by 1.2 percentage points, while both the unemployment rate and the underemployment rate increased by 0.2 percentage points.



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