To retain workers during peak season, contracted out projects to raise his staff’s income
During peak season, there is often a severe drain of scaffolding workers as they tend to take up subcontracting projects from different companies. They could earn more money from working for subcontracting projects than being a permanent worker receiving monthly salary. In order to retain his staff during peak season, Chan contracted out his projects to his workers and sometimes even supplied materials and trucks to them so that they would work for him.
Subject | Industry |
Language | Cantonese |
Collection | Oral History Archives |
Repository | Hong Kong Memory |
Accession No. | TW-CSF-HLT-005 |
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To retain workers during peak season, contracted out projects to raise his staff’s income
During peak season, there is often a severe drain of scaffolding workers as they tend to take up subcontracting projects from different companies. They could earn more money from working for subcontracting projects than being a permanent worker receiving monthly salary. In order to retain his staff during peak season, Chan contracted out his projects to his workers and sometimes even supplied materials and trucks to them so that they would work for him.
Interview Date | 2010-11-10 |
Subject | Industry |
Duration | 1m43s |
Material Type | audio |
Language / Dialect | Cantonese |
Collection | Oral History Archives |
Repository | Hong Kong Memory |
Accession No. | TW-CSF-HLT-005 |
Related Audio
To retain workers during peak season, contracted out projects to raise his staff’s income
During peak season, there is often a severe drain of scaffolding workers as they tend to take up subcontracting projects from different companies. They could earn more money from working for subcontracting projects than being a permanent worker receiving monthly salary. In order to retain his staff during peak season, Chan contracted out his projects to his workers and sometimes even supplied materials and trucks to them so that they would work for him.
Date | 2010-11-10 |
Subject | Industry |
Duration | 1m43s |
Material Type | audio |
Language / Dialect | Cantonese |
Collection | Oral History Archives |
Repository | Hong Kong Memory |
Accession No. | TW-CSF-HLT-005 |
Related Audio
To retain workers during peak season, contracted out projects to raise his staff’s income
During peak season, there is often a severe drain of scaffolding workers as they tend to take up subcontracting projects from different companies. They could earn more money from working for subcontracting projects than being a permanent worker receiving monthly salary. In order to retain his staff during peak season, Chan contracted out his projects to his workers and sometimes even supplied materials and trucks to them so that they would work for him.
Interview Date | 2010-11-10 |
Subject | Industry |
Duration | 1m43s |
Material Type | audio |
Collection | Oral History Archives |
Repository | Hong Kong Memory |
Accession No. | TW-CSF-HLT-005 |
Related Audio
To retain workers during peak season, contracted out projects to raise his staff’s income
During peak season, there is often a severe drain of scaffolding workers as they tend to take up subcontracting projects from different companies. They could earn more money from working for subcontracting projects than being a permanent worker receiving monthly salary. In order to retain his staff during peak season, Chan contracted out his projects to his workers and sometimes even supplied materials and trucks to them so that they would work for him.
Subject | Industry |
Language | Cantonese |
Collection | Oral History Archives |
Repository | Hong Kong Memory |
Accession No. | TW-CSF-HLT-005 |
Related Audio
To retain workers during peak season, contracted out projects to raise his staff’s income
During peak season, there is often a severe drain of scaffolding workers as they tend to take up subcontracting projects from different companies. They could earn more money from working for subcontracting projects than being a permanent worker receiving monthly salary. In order to retain his staff during peak season, Chan contracted out his projects to his workers and sometimes even supplied materials and trucks to them so that they would work for him.
Collection | Oral History Archives |
Repository | Hong Kong Memory |
Accession No. | TW-CSF-HLT-005 |
Related Audio
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