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SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1981
HOWEVER, THE CURRENT SITUATION IS DIFFERENT AND OTHER IMPORTANT NEW FACTORS ARE COMING INTO PLAY.
SOME NOTABLE EXAMPLES OF THESE FACTORS QUOTED BY MR CHAN ARE A MORE EDUCATED AND MORE ARTICULATE GENERATION OF WORKERS- RAPID CHANGES IN ECONOMY UP-GRADING OF INDUSTRY, THE GROWTH IN THE FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR AND THE RE-EMERGENCE OF ENTREPOT THE GROWING OF +WHITE-COLLAR+ TRADE UNION MOVEMENT AND THE CHANGES IN THE TRADITIONAL +BLUE-COLLAR+ UNIONS.
MR CHAN SAID THAT THESE NEW FACTORS WERE BOUND TO AFFECT THE PATTERN OF LABOUR RELATIONS AND THAT IT WOULD BE UP TO THE PERSONNEL MANAGERS AND THE UNION LEADERS TO PERCEIVE THESE CHANGES IN RELATION TO THEIR ORGANISATION AND BE FLEXIBLE ENOUGH
IN THE IR APPROACH.
+1 MUST SAY THERE IS NO PANACEA APPROACH TO LABOUR RELATIONS. YOU MUST FIND THE RIGHT MIX OF ATTITUDES AND STRUCTURAL RESPONSES FOR YOUR ORGANISATION,+ MR CHAN NOTED.
ANOTHER SPEAKER, MR CHAN KAM-CHUEN, AN UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND MEMBER OF THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD OUTLINED THE ROLE OF TRADE UNIONS IN LABOUR RELATIONS BY TRACING THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS OF TRADE UNIONS IN BRITAIN AND HONG KONG.
NOTING THE DIFFERENT POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CIRCUMSTANCES IN EACH TERRITORY WHICH AFFECTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRADE UNIONS, HE SAID TRADE UNIONS IN HONG KONG PARTICIPATED
IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS, INFLUENCED LABOUR LEGISLATION IN A CONSTRUCTIVE MANNER AND PROVIDED RECREATION OR WELFARE TO MEMBERS.
HONG KONG, MR CHAN ADDED, HAD SHOWN THE WORLD THAT POLITICAL AND FINANCIAL STABILITY PRODUCED WEALTH AND FULL EMPLOYMENT WHICH GUARANTEED REAL GAIN IN PURCHASING POWER.
SUMMARY RESULTS OF 1978 SURVEY OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
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THE JANUARY 1981 ISSUE OF THE HONG KONG MONTHLY DIGEST OF STATISTICS PUBLISHED RECENTLY CONTAINS A SPECIAL ARTICLE ENTITLED +HONG KONG'S INDUSTRIES IN 1978+. THE ARTICLE PRESENTS THE SUMMARY RESULTS OF A SURVEY OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT LAST YEAR TO OBTAIN BENCHMARK INDUSTRY DATA FOR 1978. THE SALIENT FINDINGS ARE :-
/A. ANALYSIS
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