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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1983
IV. FINANCE, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND
BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR
EMPLOYMENT IN
PERCENTAGE CHANGE +
INDUSTRY GROUP
SEPT 81
JUN 82
SEPT 82
SEPT 82
ON SEPT 81
SEPT 82
ON
JUN 82
MONETARY
47 800 51 000
52 300
+ 9.6
+ 2.6
INSTITUTIONS
INCLUDING
BANKS
REAL ESTATE
22 300
25 500
26 500
+19.1
+ 4.1
COMPANIES
OTHER FINANCIAL
24 700
26 500
26 800
+8.6
+ 1.1
INSTITUTIONS
ACCOUNTING AND
5 600
6 700
6 600
+17.5
2.4
AUDITING FIRMS
ENGINEERING,
9 800
11 700
11 700
+19.7
+ 0.5
ARCHITECTURAL
AND TECHNICAL
SERVICES
BASED ON UNROUNDED EMPLOYMENT FIGURES
CALL FOR MORE PRIVATE HOSPITALS ****
THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR (MEDICAL SERVICES) OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, DR S.F. LAM TODAY CALLED ON THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO BUILD MORE HOSPITALS TO CATER FOR THE +SANDWICH CLASS+ OF THE COMMUNITY.
SPEAKING AT A LIONS CLUB MEETING THIS AFTERNOON, DR LAM SAID THERE WAS A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO COULD NOT AFFORD THE HIGH PRICE OF PRIVATE MEDICAL CARE NOR BE WILLING TO ACCEPT THE SIMPLE ENVIRONMENT OF A PUBLIC HOSPITAL.
HE SAID IN HONG KONG, THERE ARE BASICALLY TWO TYPES OF MEDICAL SERVICES -- PRIVÁTE MEDICINE WHICH CATERS MAINLY TO THE RICH, AND GOVERNMENT MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES WHICH TAKE CARE OF THE VERY POOR AND NOT SO POOR.
LEFT OUT IN THE COLD WERE THE RATHER LARGE SANDWICH GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY THE BACKBONE OF OUR ECONOMY - THE TEACHERS, WHITE-COLLARED MIDDLE-MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVES, THE PERSONAL SECRETARIES AND THE PROFESSIONALS ON THE WAY UP,+ HE SAID.
THESE PEOPLE
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