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BUT MANAGEMENTS HAVE LITTLE REASON FOR EXAGGERATING THESE FIGURES AND MAY WELL FEAR THAT THEIR FIGURES CAN BE EASILY CHECKED. AMONG OTHER INDICATORS ARE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WORKING IN KNOWN INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS AND VACANCIES THEREIN, AS FOLLOWS:
END OF MONTH
JUNE
SEPTEMBER
DECEMBER
NO. OF WORKERS IN INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS
NO. OF REPORTED
VACANCIES IN
FACTORIES
599,000
6,700
576,020
3,100
578,030
3,800
THE SEPTEMBER EMPLOYMENT FIGURE IS FROM A SAMPLE AND IS SUSPEC-
TED TO BE ON THE LOW SIDE.
IT IS A FEATURE OF THE HONG KONG SCENE THAT EMPLOYERS CO-OPERATE FREELY WITH THEIR WORKERS IN SHARING AMONG THEM WHAT WORK THERE IS AVAILABLE DURING SLACK TIMES BETWEEN ORDERS. THE GENERAL SPIRIT OF COOPERATION BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES IN SUCH TIMES IS LAUD- ABLE AND GREATLY CONTRIBUTES TO HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC FLEXIBILITY
AND STABILITY.
MACLEHOSE
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FILES:
HRIOD (4) OLA
PS/LORD GOKONWY-ROBERTS SIR D. WATSON
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