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Monday, March 19, 1973
A total of 2,570 vacancies were reported from the establishments
surveyed. The main vacancies were: 640 in restaurants and cafes; 613 in
import and export businesses; 492 in medical and health services; and
242 in hotels.
The Commissioner of Labour, Mr. Paul Tsui, praised the managements
involved in the survey for their remarkably high rate of response to the
department's inquiries.
He said 99.8 per cent of managements responded, as compared with
97.5 per cent for the previous survey.
WATER STOPPAGES
Water supply to premises at Nos. 15 to 39, Belcher's Street, Hong
Kong Island, will be cut off for eight hours on Tuesday (March 20) starting
from 10 p.m.
The temporary stoppage is to enable Waterworks Office staff to connect
water mains in the area.
At the same time, a number of buildings in Mongkok will also have
their water supply cut for five hours on Thursday (March 22) to allow leakage
test to be carried out. The stoppage starts at 1 a.m..
Premises within the area bounded by Tung Chau Street, Tong Mei Road,
Fuk Tsuen Street and Walnut Street will be affected.
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