41.   The increase in the labour supply due to mainland migrants and the returning emigrants will also aggravate the problem.

42.   The spokesman also said growth in total employment in the third quarter of the year continued to exceed the labour supply.

43.   Without this labour supply, there would be grave economic disorientation, even disaster.

44.   He added the labour supply was expected to pick up again in the next few months when a new batch of graduates and school leavers entered the market.