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Tuesday, October 17, 1972

Together with the questionnaire forms, explanatory letters in

English and Chinese were also sent to selected factories.

If an employer has any queries after receiving the questionnaire,

he is requested to contact the Labour Statistics and Surveys Unit of

the Labour Department by telephoning 5-778271, Ext. 3 or 4.

During the period of the survey, an interviewing officer of the

department will call at each of these factories on a date to be arranged

previously by appointment.

He will,

if required, answer queries, assist in the completion of

the questionnaire, and will collect one copy for processing.

It is hoped that employers in the clothing industry will co-operate

in this survey and thus assure success equal to, if not better than, the

first manpower survey »

The first survey was conducted from March 20 to March 31, 1969,

in which 97 per cent of the factories covered in the survey willingly supplied

the information required.

The Clothing Industrial Committee has subsequently analysed and

compiled the statistical information obtained, and published its findings

and recommendations in a manpower survey report. Some of the recommendations

have already been implemented.

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