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+ IT WAS A NORMAL WORKING SESSION AND I MUST SAY, AS FAR AS I CAN SEE, THERE IS MORE EXCITEMENT IN THE PRESS THAN THERE IS IN THE TALKS THEMSELVES.
+MR LUCE HAS, MEANWHILE ARRIVED AND I THINK HE HAS ALREADY TOLD YOU OF HIS VIEWS AND WHY HE HAS COME. IT IS ONE OF THE PATTERN OF VISITS WHICH MINISTERS ARE PAYING TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH OPINION IN HONG KONG.
+1 AM NOW LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING DINNER WITH HIM THIS EVENING AND BRINGING HIM UP TO DATE ON THE STATE OF OPINION IN HONG KONG. AND, OF COURSE, I CAN TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY, COMING STRAIGHT FROM PEKING, TO TELL HIM OF THE PROGRESS OF THE TALKS.+
FEWER PEOPLE CHANGE JOBS
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OVER 13 PER CENT OF HONG KONG'S EMPLOYED POPULATION CHANGED JOBS DURING THE 12-MONTH PERIOD TO LAST SEPTEMBER, ACCORDING TO A RECENT SURVEY ON LABOUR MOBILITY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THIS MEANS THERE WERE 324 800 JOB-CHANGERS, OUT OF ABOUT 2 462 000 PERSONS EMPLOYED.
BY COMPARISON, A 1982 SURVEY SHOWED THAT 375 200 PEOPLE, OR 15.6 PER CENT OF THE EMPLOYED POPULATION AT THE TIME, SWITCHED JOBS DURING THE 12 MONTHS TO MARCH 1982.
THE 1983 SURVEY SHOWED THAT 210 000 PERSONS, OR 8.5 PER CENT OF THE EMPLOYED POPULATION, CHANGED JOBS WITHIN THE SAME INDUSTRY (INTRA-INDUSTRY MOBILITY), AND 114 800, OR 4.7 PER CENT, SWITCHED FROM ONE INDUSTRY TO ANOTHER (INTER-INDUSTRY MOBILITY). THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES IN THE 1982 SURVEY WERE 219 300 (9.1 PER CENT) AND 155 900 (6.5 PER CENT).
WITH 65 600 JOB-CHANGERS, CONSTRUCTION HAD THE HIGHEST INTRA-INDUSTRY MOBILITY DURING THE 12 MONTHS TO LAST SEPTEMBER, FOLLOWED BY 45 200 IN THE TEXTILES-APPAREL MANUFACTURING SECTOR, AND BY 34 000 IN THE WHOLESALE-RETAIL TRADE, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR.
AS FOR INTER-INDUSTRY MOBILITY, MANUFACTURING AS A WHOLE LOST 19 400 IN THE 12 MONTHS TO MARCH 1982 AND ONLY 7 600 IN THE 12 MONTHS TO LAST SEPTEMBER.
CONSTRUCTION GAINED 3 500 WORKERS IN THE FIRST 12-MONTH PERIOD BUT LOST 6 800 WORKERS IN THE SECOND, WHEREAS THE SERVICES SECTOR GAINED 11 500 AND 15 200 WORKERS FOR THE TWO COMPARATIVE PERIODS.
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