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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1980

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LABOUR SURVEY ON WOMEN WORKERS

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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, ASSISTED BY STAFF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, WILL CONDUCT A SURVEY THIS WEEK ON WOMEN WORKERS' ATTITUDES TOWARDS THEIR OWN EMPLOYMENT.

THE SURVEY IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN TOMORROW (MONDAY) AND FINISH ON JANUARY 2, 1981. IT IS AIMED AT FINDING OUT THE WORKERS' OPINIONS AND EXPECTATIONS ABOUT THE IR JOBS.

IT WILL COVER SOME 1 000 WOMEN WORKERS IN A REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF 200 INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS SELECTED AT RANDOM FROM ALL INDUSTRIES IN HONG KONG.

STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG WILL VISIT THESE ESTABLISHMENTS DURING THE SURVEY PERIOD AND INTERVIEW WOMEN EMPLOYEES RANDOMLY SELECTED ON THE SPOT.

A SPOKESMAN OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TODAY (SUNDAY) CALLED ON ALL EMPLOYERS AND WOMEN EMPLOYEES SELECTED FOR THE SURVEY TO GIVE FULL CO-OPERATION TO ASSIST THE STUDENTS IN THEIR INTERVIEWING WORK.

HE STRESSED THAT THE INFORMATION COLLECTED WILL BE HANDLED IN STRICT CONFIDENCE AND WILL BE PUBLISHED ONLY IN THE FORM OF STATISTICAL SUMMARIES WITHOUT REFERENCE TO INDIVIDUAL ESTABLISHMENTS

AND INTERVIEWEES.

SNT STARTS PAT SIN RANGE WALK ****

SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES. THIS (SUNDAY) MORNING STARTED THE PAT SIN RANGE WALK, THE SECOND OF EIGHT NEW TERRITORIES COMMUNITY CHEST WALKS FOR 1980/81.

THE WALK WAS OVER A 12 KILOMETRE COURSE FROM HOK TAU WAI, FANLING, TO BRIDE'S POOL, TAI PO.

THE ENTIRE ROUTE WAS WITHIN PAT SIN COUNTRY PARK.

TAKING PART IN WHAT IS ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING COMMUNITY CHEST WALKS WERE 500 PEOPLE FROM 47 PRIVATE FIRMS AND ORGANISATIONS. THEY TRAVELLED ALONG NARROW FOOTPATHS AND CLAMBERED UP STEEP SLOPES OVER THE PAT SIN RANGE, WHICH IS MORE THAN 500 METRES ABOVE SEA LEVEL AT ITS PEAK.

ONLY EXPERIENCED HILL-WALKERS WERE PERMITTED TO JOIN THE WALK TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE PARTICIPANTS.

THE WALK RAISED ITS TARGET OF $500 000, ALL THE PARTICIPANTS HAVING SECURED THE MINIMUM $1 000 SPONSORSHIP MONEY BEFORE STARTING.

JOINING MR AKERS-JONES AT THE RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY WERE THE DISTRICT POLICE COMMANDER NEW TERRITORIES, MR M.C. ILLINGWORTH- THE DEPUTY COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES. BRIGADIER T.A. BOAM- AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PAT SIN RANGE WALK PREPARATORY COMMITTEE, MR TREVOR BEDFORD.

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