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situation. But I am far from convinced that these will in fact produce a
solution-- or even necessarily an improvement. I would not like to comment
further without more extensive study (which I have arranged privately, but
I hope will have the cooperation of the Civil Service Department); but the
role of the Government's own pay policy in Hong Kong's labour relations is
certainly more central than it perhaps itself appreciates.
8123,750
Very many people
including over forty business, union and
public organisations, nearly 150 companies and firms, and over 1,000
individual workers and employees, as well as many individual officials and
academies, have helped us with information, views and comment in our study
to date. We have, with very few exceptions, met very willing cooperation in
our enquiries and arrangements, which we gladly acknowledge. We should
particularly, however, like to express our appreciation of the cooperation
and facilities placed at over disposal by the Labour Commissioner and his
officers, by the Secretary for the Civil Service and his staff, by the
the
Bureau of Census and Statistics, by/Centre of Asian Studies of the University;
of Hong Kong (on which we were based) and H.K.U.'s Robert Black College,
as well as by the Business and Industrial Administration Department of the
Hong Kong Polytechnic, whose students (together with some from HKU) were
released to act as interviewers for us.
H.A. Turner
30th December, 1976.
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