Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the unemployment rate for September-November 2010 was 2.8%, down by 0.1 percentage point over the previous period (August-October 2010); the underemployment rate went up by 0.1 percentage point to 1.7%.

Total labour force was 329,000 in September-November 2010 and the labour force participation rate stood at 71.2%, down by 0.5 percentage point from the previous period.

The employed population decreased by about 1,000 over the previous period to 320,000, in which employment of the Manufacturing Sector saw increase, while that of the Transport, Storage & Communications Sector and Retail Trade registered a decrease.

Number of the unemployed decreased by about 300 from the previous period to 9,200, with 14.6% being fresh labour force entrants searching for their first job, down by 5.3 percentage points over the previous period.

In comparison with September-November 2009, the unemployment rate and the underemployment rate dropped by 0.5 and 0.2 percentage point respectively; meanwhile, the labour force participation rate stayed unchanged.