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7.
A large new hospital, which will provide
2,600 beds, is being constructed at Lai Chi Kok
About 10 per cent of total Government expen-
diture in the current financial year is
allocated to medical services.
Labour Situation
8.
Of rather more than 1.5 million people
at work in Hong Kong, 690,000 are engaged in
the manufacturing industries. Wage rates are
high by Asian standards, and, in general,
conditions of work in Hong Kong are second
only to those in Japan among Asian countries.
Over the last decade the real wages of
workers in the manufacturing industries have
risen by an average of 5.7 per cent per annum.
-2 Creation of a post of Parliamentary Commissioner
tion
for Administration (Ombudsman) in Hong Kong
9. Before any conclusion can be reached on
this matter, the recently reorganised office
of the Unofficial Members of the Executive
and Legislative Councils should be given an
opportunity of showing whether it can success-
fully deal with all the complaints referred
to it. The
The Office is part of the existing
machinery in Hong Kong for enabling members of
the public to make known their grievances to
the authorities.
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Hong Kong Department
December 1970.