LABOUR AFFAIRS
23.
The Hong Kong Government are pursuing a programme of continuous improvement in labour legislation. Recent legislation includes the introduction of severance pay on redundancy and measures to reduce permissible overtime for women and young persons and to protect workers from acts of anti-union discrimination.
TRADE UNIONS
2.
The Trade Union movement covers only 15% of the work force and unions are politically divided. The Unions consequently have little effective organisation or bargaining
power.
HOUSING
25.
About two million people, or 47% of the population, are already living in subsidised public housing. There is an ambitious programme, planned over ten years subject to financial constraints, to build public housing for another 1.5 million people. This programme, together with the private sector's expected contribution, is designed to break the back of Hong Kong's housing problem.
MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
26.
The Hong Kong Government plans considerable improvement and expansion of Hong Kong's medical services under a ten-year programme. The main proposals are for building four new hospitals and more clinics, and for regionalisation of these services. It is also intended to provide a secondary medical school at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and a dental school at the Hong Kong University
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