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The author reflects on the union of the workers in China to raise their demand ranging from better for in the factory cafeteria, proper compensation for overtime, and decent pay for decent work. The author mentions that the employers have realized that they need to listen to the demands of the workers if they want a stable and productive work force. He adds that the workers and employers are given by the officials with the space they need to resolve their differences.

HONG KONG -- Next to a children's amusement park and upstairs from two huge nightclubs in Shenzhen, the creative minds of Tecatech are at work designing remote controls, headphones and the packaging for your next set of sunglasses. Founded in Britain in 1998, the company was the country's first product design firm to set up permanent offices in China. After setting up an office in Hong Kong in 2004 and working there for about a year, Andy James Lee, Tecatech's founder and design director, realized he was going to mainland China almost daily to meet with manufacturers and other business contacts. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Reports on the September 17, 1998 announcement of Hong Kong, China's government that unemployment increased to five percent of the labor force in August 1998 from 4.8 percent in July 1998. Decline in property prices and increase in joblessness; Decrease in the Hang Seng index; Comments from Jan Lee, chief economist at Hongkong and Shanghai Bank; Growth of Hong Kong's economy.