Building Hong Kong: Nepalese labour in the construction sector

Transnational Migration and Work in Asia

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 110-125

  Frost, Stephen ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 84906041119     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203029084     Document Type: Chapter

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