TNAG-0876-FCO40-1086-Development-of-social-welfare-policy-in-Hong-Kong-1979 — Page 28

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4.8

ho existence of a alifying period for naternity pay entitlement will have some effect in limiting the nobility of labour although it is not possible to quantify this. However, since the orking Group's recommendations are estinated to affect only about 32,000 working women or 1.6 of the labour force and given that prid maternity leave has already heen granted in various sectors of the economy, the overall effect on labour mobility is bound to be very small.

4.9

The orling Group concludes that overall, the economic effects of implentin its recommendations would be minimal.

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