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of the situation, conditions and attitudes of a sample of 100 factory
workers. As a result of this it was decided to conduct a more general
survey of employee conditions and opinions, which Dr. Fosh returned to
Hong Kong to organise and supervise during the month of November; this
survey covered nearly 1000 workers in a variety of trades and occupations
Dr. Fosh, with the assistance of Departments of the University Eath,
made computer calculations and analyses in the U.K. from both surveys.
In connection with the second, I returned to Hong Kong myself in mid-
November. I was obliged to break off the study for a week or so to
maintain commitments elsewhere in early December, but took up discussions
and data collection subsequently. This report was mainly written during
X'mas 1976.
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As regards item (a) of my terms of reference, the note that
follows is very much an interim one, in two senses. In the first
place the periods available for the study and the timing required for
its submission were such that I have been able neither to discuss its
conclusions with those (both official and otherwise) who have helped
me with views and information in Hong Kong; nor, particularly, to
consult my two principal collaborators, Prof. Hart and Dr. Fosh,
in its drafting. (Indeed, I am at time of writing not yet in possession
of more than very preliminary and roughly-calculated results from the
second major survey of Hong Kong employees which Dr. Fosh organised and
supervised for us). I therefore attach as Appendices two of their
major contributions to the study, Prof. Hart's analysis of the Hong Kong
labour market, and Dr. Fosh's report on her first pilot survey of 100
Hong Kong factory workers, both as references for my own draft and in
case there should be points at which they might feel that my interpretat-
ion differs from that which they would have made.
* But without the detailed analytical Tables, which are necessarily
extensive.
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