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The Committee notes the detailed information provided by the Government in its report for the period ending in May 2003. On the basis also of analyses and statistical information available to the Office and transmitted by specialists in the field, the Committee notes that after reaching 8.3 per cent at the end of June, the unemployment rate declined to 6.9 per cent at the end of 2004, a rate which nevertheless remains high for the administrative region. The Committee notes the active labour market policy measures aimed at meeting the specific needs of certain categories of workers, such as young people, disabled persons and single parents. It notes in particular the measures taken to promote the pursuit of studies by young people and to enhance their employability and their placement in employment, in particular by the implementation of the Juvenile Work Experience and Training Plan which the Government describes in its report on the application of Convention No. 142. Please continue to provide detailed information on the results obtained by these measures. In more general terms, the Committee requests the Government to describe the manner in which education policy and initial and ongoing training policy are coordinated with employment prospects in the context of rapid change in the sectoral distribution of job vacancies.