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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

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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