EN CLAIR
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELNO 2 TO HONG KONG
12 SEPTEMBER 1969
H.K. /Norway File
UNCLASSIFIED
NEUTRAL
ADDRESS TO HONG KONG TELNO 2 OF 12 SEPTEMBER REPEATED FOR
INFORMATION TO FCO.
YOUR TELNO M 307.
THE LABOUR MARKET HERE IS RATHER TIGHTER THAN A YEAR AGO
AND EVEN THEN UNEMPLOYMENT WAS NOT A SERIOUS PROBLEM,
UNEMPLOYMENT IS HIGHEST IN THE WINTER MONTHS REACHING ABOUT
2 PER CENT OF TOTAL LABOUR FORCE AND LOWEST IN THE SUMMER.
AT THE MOMENT LESS THAN 1 PER CENT ARE UNEMPLOYED.
2. THE TEXTILE AND GARMENT INDUSTRIES TOGETHER PRESENT
A SHARP CONTRAST. EMPLOYMENT IN THESE INDUSTRIES WAS STEADY
AROUND 44,000 EMPLOYEES FROM 1959 TO 1964, BUT HAS DECLINED
SHARPLY SINCE AS THE FOLLOWING TOTALS SHOW:-
1965 41,800: 1966 40,700: 1967 39,900:
JULY 1969 35,000.
1968 37,400:
FCO PASS ROUTINE TO HONG KONG.
LAST
BEF
18
MR. BRENCHLEY
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[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]`
RIF
INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION
TRADE POLICY DEPT.
W. EUR. DEPT.
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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY No.51
118SEP 1969
WKK6/294/1
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