Zhongxin News Agency Hong Kong, March 18 – Hong Kong inactive status improvement, Hong Kong government Accounting office on 18th announced that last December to February\’s new season unemployment rate, was 4.6%, compared with previous time fell 0.3%, has been is lowest since November, 2008 to January, 2009. The employment underemployment rate by 2.2% falls to 2.1%.

The inactive status has the improvement profession, including construction, retail and meals service industry, clean service industry and warehouse and transportation auxiliary service industry. The employment underemployment rate aspect, falls mainly sees in the repair and maintenance engineering and shipping industry. But information and communication industry and social worker industry and other profession unemployment rates increase.

The total job by November, 2009 to January\’s, 2010 3505700 people, rises to December, 2009 to February\’s, 2010 3513600 people, approximately increases 7900 people. Same time\’s total labor population rises by 3672000 people to 3672700 people, approximately increases 700 people.

The unemployment by November, 2009 to January\’s, 2010 166400 people, falls to December, 2009 to February\’s, 2010 159100 people, approximately reduces 7300 people. Same time\’s employment insufficient population falls by 80600 people to 78200 people, approximately reduces 2400 people.

By in sought employment for the first time the unemployment to the school person gentleman several items, by and supports the degree the higher education degree unemployment person to count continually reduces, the 15 to unemployment rate of 24-year-old young people have the distinct improvement, below falls 1.2 hundred precession of equinoxes to 9.9%. Outside this, construction industry unemployment rate micro under drops to 7.3% slightly, reflected that this line of industry unemployment asked the topic after has relaxed gradually.

The laborers and welfare bureau chief Zhang Jianzong said that the unemployment rate drops significantly, is mainly because the recent general economy activity will turn actively, the labor market will improve continually, many enterprises will also strengthen the employment advertize meaning, believes that the unemployment rate hope in future one and two month to further drop. (End)

(This article originates: China News)