The manufacture of wearing apparel (except footwear) accounts for the largest number of reported vacancies, representing 37 per cent of the total number of reported vacancies.
The table below shows how the number of reported vacancies in registered and recorded industrial undertakings varies between 1965 and 1974:-
table 6
March
number of reporting industrial undertakings
number of reported vacancies
1965
557
10,232
1966
303
5,653
1967
374
8,651
1968
420
6,775
1969
878
16,953
1970
1,230
24,984
1971
1,307
23,290
1972
1,280
21,159
1973
1,394
21,832
1974
8,406
MOBILITY OF LABOUR
A characteristic of Hong Kong's labour is its marked movement of workers from traditional to modern and export-oriented industries, making the labour market highly competitive. The geographical size of Hong Kong and the relatively cheap public transport assist the mobility of labour. There has been a constant movement of labour from old to modern and fast-growing industries as the following table shows:-