<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><?xml-stylesheet href="style.xsl" type="text/xsl"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>news.gov.hk - At School, At Work</title><link>http://www.news.gov.hk/en/category/atschool/html/index.htm</link><image><url>http://www.isd.gov.hk/images/logo60.gif</url><title>news.gov.hk - At School, At Work</title><link>http://www.news.gov.hk/en/category/atschool/html/index.htm</link></image><description>news.gov.hk - At School, At Work - From Hong Kong's Information Services Department</description><language>en-UK</language><copyright>Copyright, news.gov.hk</copyright><webMaster>irc@isd.gov.hk</webMaster><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0800</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:54:01 +0800</lastBuildDate><generator>ISD News RSS Generator 3.13</generator><item><title>Youth jobless rate falls to 8.3%</title><guid>http://www.news.gov.hk/en/category/atschool/080724/html/080724en02001.htm</guid><link>http://www.news.gov.hk/en/category/atschool/080724/html/080724en02001.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:39:01 +0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The unemployment rate from April to June for people aged 15 to 24 fell 0.9%, to 8.3%, Secretary for Labour &amp; Welfare Matthew Cheung says. 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The underemployment rate nudged up from 1.8% to 1.9%]]></description></item><item><title>Textbook price hikes hit 10-year high</title><guid>http://www.news.gov.hk/en/category/atschool/080715/html/080715en02002.htm</guid><link>http://www.news.gov.hk/en/category/atschool/080715/html/080715en02002.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:47:17 +0800</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Secondary school textbook prices have grown by an average of 7.4%, the highest in a decade, with primary school textbooks up 6.6%.]]></description></item></channel></rss>