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pushing up wages and weakens the competitiveness of Hong Kong exports. Due to the shortage of labour and the higher wages and production costs, local manufacturers set up factories in neighbouring countries and China. This has become an unavoidable
trend. When the global economy is booming, making use of cheap labour and land in China as well as in
can Southeast Asian countries te overcome the local labour
This shortage and to maintain export growth. will benefit both Hong Kong and China as well as some other countries). but if there is a recession worldwide, factory orders will decrease and manufacturers who have also set up factories in China will try to reduce production costs to remain competitive during the recession by closing down their factories in Hong Kong
due to their cheap and concentrating on their operations in China That may be a fatal blow to Hong Kong/since it has
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it's high-tech industry 19 [In recent years, the Government has become more active
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in supporting industrial development by providing a good industrial investment environment, training man- 22 power, providing data and information and developing. 23
overseas markets. However, in view of the above- 24 mentioned problems, the Government should consider the
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(a) To intensify efforts to convert labour-intensive ·
low-tech industries into high-tech industries;
(b) to increase tax allowances for machinery
depreciation, to encourage manufacturers to boost investment in machinery, to better productivity
and reduce the impact of labour shortage; (c) to review the feasibility of limited, well-
controlled and temporary import of cheap labour
to solve the problem of in times of buoyant economy and shortage of labour and compare this idea with the situation of
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