53
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1987
TABLE 3: INCREASES IN RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY
COMPARING JANUARY 1987
WITH JANUARY 1986
END-USE CATEGORY
VALUE
UNIT VALUE %
VOLUME
%%
FOODSTUFFS
7
-1
8
CONSUMER GOODS
64
4
58
RAW MATERIALS AND
SEMI-MANUFACTURES
27
1
25
FUELS
49
-32
118
CAPITAL GOODS
30
4
25
ALL COMMODITIES
40
2
37
MORE DIALOGUE BETWEEN MANAGEMENT, WORKERS ENCOURAGED
*****
GOOD LABOUR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS WILL LEAD TO HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF WORKERS' LIVES, THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR TONY HAMMOND, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
+IN THE WIDER CONTEXT, A HARMONIOUS WORKING RELATIONS HIP BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES IS ESSENTIAL TO THE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AND SOCIAL STABILITY OF HONG KONG,+ HE ADDED.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF A ONE-DAY SYMPOSIUM ON LABOUR RELATIONS IN THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY, MR HAMMOND SAID THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAD ALWAYS ATTACHED GREAT IMPORTANCE TO ENCOURAGING MORE DIALOGUE BETWEEN MANAGEMENT AND WORKERS.
+TO HELP ACHIEVE THIS, IT HAS ORGANISED SEVERAL SYMPOSIA ON LABOUR RELATIONS WHICH HAVE PROVIDED A USEFUL FORUM FOR EMPLOYERS, MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL, OFFICIALS OF BOTH TRADE UNIONS AND EMPLOYERS ASSOCIATIONS, AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON SUBJECTS OF COMMON INTEREST,+ HE SAID.
+THESE SUBJECTS HAVE INCLUDED THE ACHIEVEMENT OF HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY THROUGH ENLIGHTENED MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, AND WAYS AND MEANS OF IMPROVING LABOUR RELATIONS.+
/MR HAMMOND