THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1985
FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES
COMMERCIAL I
2 347
681
537
COMMERCIAL H
5 512
1 730
843
INDUSTRIAL I
772
364
77
INDUSTRIAL 11
2 267
913
252
FINANCIAL
141
119
8
LABOUR
393
285
11
SOCIAL SERVICES
155
129
14
MEDICAL
4 548
2 139
507
LEGAL
1 511
727
204
TEACHING
49 047
25 337
3 567
ENGINEERING,
2 890
1 709
548
ARCHITECTURAL
J
SURVEYING AND
PLANNING
TOTAL
70 017
34 531
6577
+JENKINS BILL COULD COST HALF A MILLION PER JOB SAVED+
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PROPOSED NEW LEGISLATION TO RESTRICT IMPORTS OF TEXTILE AND APPAREL PRODUCTS INTO THE UNITED STATES WOULD COST U.S. CONSUMERS HK$514 000 PER DOMESTIC JOB SUPPORTED.
THIS IS THE PUBLICLY EXPRESSED VIEW OF DONALD SEIBERT, CU- CHAIRMAN OF THE RETAIL INDUSTRY TRADE ACTION COALITION (NITAC), WHICH OPPOSES NEW RESTRICTIONS, SAID THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE, MR HAMISH MACLEOD, TODAY (THURSDAY).
HE SAID THAT CALCULATIONS MADE BY THE COALITION HAD SHOWN THAT LEGISLATION NOW BEFORE CONGRESS AND THE SENATE, GENERALLY KNOWN AS THE JENKINS BILL, WOULD SUPPORT 36 000 JOBS IN THE DOMESTIC APPAREL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY AT AN ANNUAL COST OF U.S.$66 000 (HK$514 000) EACH. AT THE SAME TIME IT WOULD ELIMINATE 58 000 JOBS IN THE AMERICAN RETAIL INDUSTRY.
/A MAJOR