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begun to grasp the need to work together - and he drew a parallel with the reaction of the Chinese work force in Hong Kong at the depth of the recession there, when Works Councils had offered reductions in working hours, or lower rates of pay, and there had not been a single industrial dispute.

7. All pretty predictable, but erually, I think, tvnicel of views which are held in Hong Kong to be responsible views.

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