Employees retraining scheme of Hong Kong: Evolution, problems and prospects

Labour, Capital and Society

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 40-65

  Tang, Kwong Leung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC POLICY; RETRAINING PROGRAMME; STATE ROLE;

CHINA, HONG KONG;

EID: 9944222156     PISSN: 07061706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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