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Monday, December 4, 1972
EMPLOYMENT SURVEY OF INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS
Small industrial establishments in Hong Kong were today urged
to give greater reponse to a survey of employment and vacancies in
industry now being conducted by the Labour Department.
A spokesman for the department said that cards had already been
sent to all registered and recorded industrial firms at the end of last
month, resquesting them to provide the information as the situation stands
today (December 4).
During the last survey, he said, the response from large industrial
establishments was 100 per cent. "But the overall response rate stood at
only 63 per cent, and this could be greatly improved if all smaller
establishments would respond to the survey."
He gave an assurance that the information provided would be kept
strictly confidential and only used for preparing statistical summeries but
not for enforcement of labour legislation.
The cards completed and returned by the managements of all
establishments will be destroyed under supervision when the relevant
information has been extracted.
The spokesman said that completed cards should be returned in
the reply paid envelopes to the Labour Department on or before December 8,
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