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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1988

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WE HAVE NEGATIVE FACTORS IN OUR POWER,

DIPLOMA COURSE UNIVERSITY OF

"THERE ARE CLEARLY MANY TEMPTATIONS TO EMIGRATE. WHAT TO DO IN HONG KONG IS TO ELIMINATE AS MANY OF THE

ARE THAT WE CAN. WE CANNOT REMOVE THEM ALL BUT SOME SIR DAVID SAID AT THE GRADUATION CEREMONY OF THE 1988 IN MANAGEMENT FOR EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHINESE HONG KONG.

ENSURE THAT OUR

AND LIFE

WITH THE ΤΟ A CONTENTED

SIR DAVID SAID WE MUST PURSUE POLICIES WHICH

WITH THEIR CITIZENS ARE SATISFIED

QUALITY OF PROVISION IN HONG KONG OF THINGS WHICH ARE ESSENTIAL FAMILY LIFE SCHOOLS, HOUSING, HOSPITALS AND SO FORTH.

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"THESE ARE THINGS WHICH WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT, HE NOTED.

WOULD MANY

HAD THOUGHT HAVE DECIDED TO WHICH OPPORTUNITIES

CAREER FOR

SIR DAVID SAID NO DOUBT SOME OF TODAY'S GRADUATES ABOUT EMIGRATING. HE HOWEVER HOPED THAT THEY STAY IN HONG KONG TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE EXIST FOR PERSONAL ADVANCEMENT AND PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT.

AN EXCITING

PLACE TO

HE SAID HONG KONG IS

"IT LIVE.

WILL AND AS BECOME EVEN MORE EXCITING AND INTERESTING AS THE YEARS UNFOLD

THE NATIONS OF THE BALANCE OF THE WORLD'S ECONOMY TIPS MORE TOWARDS THE PACIFIC RIM.

OF HONG

"HONG KONG IS INCREASINGLY

INTERNATIONAL CITY AND THIS DIMENSION WILL CONTINUE TO GROW AS MORE AND MORE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY OF ORGANISATIONS PERCEIVE THE NEED TO BE NEAR TO THE GROWING CHINA WHILE TAKING ADVANTAGE

то ACCESSIBILITY

WORLD OUTSIDE, HE ADDED.

AN

KONG'S

THE

JUNE EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL STATISTICS RELEASED

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THERE WERE 869,000 PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN JUNE 1988, REPRESENTING A DECREASE OF 3 PER CENT IN COMPARISON WITH JUNE 1987, ACCORDING TO FIGURES RELEASED TODAY (SATURDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

EMPLOYMENT IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR, AT 710,400 IN JUNE 1988, WAS 9.5 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN JUNE 1987.

EMPLOYMENT IN THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR, AT 225,700, WAS UP BY 10.3 PER CENT.

AND

/EMPLOYMENT AT