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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY No. 51
SAVING TELEGRAM
1- OCT 1974
FROM GOVERNOR HONG KONG
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TO ROUTINE FCO TELNO 224 SAVING OF 24 SEFTEMBER 1974
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International Labour Organisation Seventh Session of the Advisory Committee on Salaried Employees and Professional Workers
Further to my telegram No. 909 of 7th September 1974 in reply to your saving despatch HXL 2/12 of 16th August 1974, I append below an information paper to supplement my previous conments on conditions of employment in the commercial sector in Hong Kong.
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Conditions of work and life of employees
in the commercial sector in Hong Kong
Introduction
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The commercial sector by definition of the Census and Statistics Department includes retail and wholesale, import and export trade, banking and other financial institutions, insurance, real estates, stock exchanges and commercial agents (excluding hotels and restaurants which have been classified as services).. Clerical and sales workers comprise book-keepers, cashiers, stenographers, typists, office machine operators, clerks, salesmen, auctioneers and advertising agents, demonstrators, and commercial travellers and agents, etc.
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There are no up-to-date statistics of employment in the non-industrial sector. However, according to the 1971 full census, cut of a total economically active population of 1,630,910, 211,630 or about 13 per cent were engaged in the commercial sector (159,758 males and 51,892 females); by occupations, 263,843 or about 16 per cent were clerical and sales workers (189,122 males and 74,721 females).
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