The impact of urban renewal to the labour force in Hong Kong

Facilities

Volumn 28, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 611-640

  Wong, Francis K W ^a   Hui, Eddie C M ^a   Wong, Joe T Y ^a   Wan, Janice K M ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Manpower planning; Rehabilitation; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049520573     PISSN: 02632772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02632771011083676     Document Type: Article

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