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MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1987

15 COUNTRIES THAT SHE TOLD SOME 40 CREDIT UNIONISTS FROM WAS MOST APPROPRIATE THAT THEY HAD CHOSEN "WOMEN'S INVOLVEMENT CREDIT UNIONS" AS THE THEME OF THE SEMINAR AS MORE AND MORE WOMEN THE REGION PARTICIPATED DIRECTLY IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES OF SOCIETY.

EXAMPLE, MRS

CHAN

IT

IN

IN

THAT

TOTAL HAD ATTAINED

CITING HONG KONG AS AN

OUT POINTED WOMEN IN THE TERRITORY ACCOUNTED FOR ABOUT 37 PER CENT OF THE LABOUR FORCE: OVER 46 PER CENT OF THE FEMALE POPULATION AN EDUCATIONAL STANDARD OF SECONDARY SCHOOL OR ABOVE.

IN THE 20-29 AT WORK THE PUBLIC AND

"THIS FIGURE WILL RISE AS OUR POPULATION AGES. ARE FEMALE POPULATION AGE GROUP, 76 PER CENT OF THE NUMBERS OCCUPYING SENIOR MANAGEMENT POSITIONS IN BOTH THE PRIVATE SECTORS ARE

WOMEN

AN CONSTITUTE

RESOURCE.

GROWING. THESE

IMPORTANT

IN "THE FEMALE LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE

HONG KONG IS ΤΟ THAT OF DEVELOPED COMPARABLE

INDUSTRIALISED NATIONS AND IS WOMEN WILL GENERALLY HIGHER THAN OUR NEIGHBOURS IN THE ASIAN REGION.

IN

AND HAVE AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY

THE DEVELOPMENT MRS CHAN SAID. TRANSFORMATION OF SOCIETY IN THE YEARS TO COME,"

AS

EQUAL

SHE NOTED THAT IF WOMEN WERE ΤΟ BE BROUGHT IN

A FIRM INSTITUTIONAL BASE CONTRIBUTION COULD

PARTNERS IN CREDIT UNIONS, THERE MUST BE WITHIN WHICH THEIR PARTICIPATION, INVOLVEMENT AND BE ACCELERATED AND STRENGTHENED.

AND "THE ONUS OF DRAWING WOMEN INTO THE CREDIT UNION, TEACHING

THEM TO TRAINING

SHARE EQUAL RESPONSIBILITIES WITH THEIR MALE PARTNERS RESTS WITH

UNIONS AND

ALL

LEVELS. SHE SAID.

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INDIVIDUAL CREDIT

AT LEAGUES

AND BANKING

USEFUL ROLE FINANCIAL

SHE ASSURED THAT CREDIT UNIONS WOULD STILL HAVE A

DESPITE PLAY

THE RAPID GROWTH OF INSTITUTIONS IN THE REGION.

то

"CREDIT UNIONS ARE A MINIATURE COMMUNITY. THEY BRING TOGETHER A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO SHARE THE COMMON AIM OF PRACTISING THRIFT AND HELP OTHERS. SAVING FOR THE RAINY DAY. IN HELPING YOURSELF, YOU ALSO

OF SPIRIT

MUTUAL HELP AND CONCERN PROVIDE A VERY SOUND FOUNDATION FOR SOCIETY TO PROGRESS AND MATURE.

THIS

OF

HELPFUL,

"THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE WORK CREDIT UNIONS IN HONG KONG BY PROVIDING A SOUND AND, I HOPE, LEGAL FRAMEWORK IN WHICH THEY CAN OPERATE, SHE SAID.

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