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To better manage and forecast the demand for labor in the construction industry, a mathematical model is developed using a distributed lag model and labor multiplier approach. The model is tested using economic statistics and manpower data derived from Hong Kong construction projects. The model can be used by public and private sectors to forecast future labor demand so that an optimal workforce can be attained. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Industry-specific human capital reduces the incentive for older workers to leave declining industries and raises the incentive for younger workers to join growing industries. Using the industry restructuring experience of Hong Kong, we find that a 1% increase in employment share of an industry is associated with a 0.60-year decrease in the average age of its workforce. The relationship is more pronounced among less educated workers, who have less general human capital, and male workers, who are more committed to the labor force, than among well educated workers and female workers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article investigates the labor force participation of married women in Hong Kong, China. The study shows that the labor force participation of married women were both an ideological and a resource issues. The labor force participation of women was associated with the coexistence of a higher education level and a nontraditional gender role. The traditional and nontraditional women differed in their perspective on childcare support. Women chose to work when their family require financial support and they also chose to stay at home to take care of the family if the financial situation allows.

Abstract. This article discusses the controversies surrounding the issue of labour importation, and then describes the development of the various labour importation schemes introduced over the years as well as its institutional arrangements and its gaps. The managerial implications of labour importation are examined, using the case study approach. Empirical evidence from the case studies show that labour importation could be a very resourceful input to organizational performance, but the contributions of import workers are limited by institutional factors. Because of these man-made rigidities and inflexibilities, management makes little attempt to integrate the imported workers into the mainstream labour force. They are confined to the role of "peripheral" workers, but it is not because of any inherent disabilities. Rather it is due to employers' response to social and political demands to marginalize the imported workers so as to prevent them from undercutting the local work force. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the benefits of the growing pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry in Hong Kong, China for Chinese scientists. These developments in the industry increase the return of Chinese scientists who are training abroad, such as the U.S. According to Scott Wadsworth, researcher at Johnson & Johnson Research & Development, their knowledge in the language and culture allows them to obtain higher positions. The main factor driving growth in biotechnology-based industry is the demand for low-cost labor.