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其實有時認為政府就業問題呢方面如果做得好d既話,,
: S+ [  q+ p3 x4 s9 a香港自然經濟各方面都好d
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% ^+ N7 P- G0 A. ^, r8 {0 D. h  e但係失業呢個問題又要關注到 薪金方面,
$ i5 J+ f1 c+ M. N因為以小弟所認識,,大部份飲食業都係缺少人手,
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. n8 F' `" v  Q* Y, i黑火雞 發表於 2010-2-28 03:05 AM

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5 y5 i, R: I4 B/ T! U: x) q; FYesterday, I watched the HK news online....
+ w+ Z# M. W0 `It says around 400 thousands people in HK earn less than 30 HKdollars per hour.
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( i% G& D7 C- k; \. pI believe the actual labour problem would be much worse than this since there is a number of people who are working part time with even lower wages, and a number of people who are unemployed at all.3 F0 W% U+ t  z% p% Q6 q, ~

" M: D- ^+ @( D# _, n( nI am living in Toronto.....4 j4 f9 k$ U$ G4 s# Q( c1 k
When I heard the news, the first thing I had in mind was "30 HK dollars is like $4 Canadian dollars......". `2 y% X# Y5 c

3 J8 J# B  {" c9 G& }; g5 V2 NOur minimum wage for a full time employee for our province is $9.5 Canadian dollars per hour(probably around 71 HK dollars).  So as long as you are full time employed, the employer will needs to pay you $9.5 per hour (even you are just working in McDonalds).
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My conclusion is, if HK government doesn't set up a rule for the minimum wage, the basic salary would only get lower and lower because the employers would only push it as low as it can be.
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7 r6 i/ t5 m$ VLittle bit of my own experience, when I first graduated a few years ago (before the economic crisis), my parents and relatives always ask me to go back to HK to find a job.  
/ x4 Y9 W9 Z* q1 w" @They always say like HK has more chances than in North America.+ x* ]7 A7 _% e* ]6 D2 H

$ d3 j* r0 L' M4 c5 e  {8 MI personally don't like Canada that much.....but the condition in HK is just 10 times worse than Canada.....
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# }3 Q: |# [6 `' @$ z( p" o9 }Honestly even right now, it would be easier for a person to find a job and get better pay in Canada or even US than in HK.