21.   Labor and management differ over whether to cut wages and paid vacations in return for the shorter workweek.

22.   Late last year, the government announced a belt-tightening budget calling for the state corporations to shed workers and cut wages.

23.   Some of the measures include adjusting capacity for shifts in traveler demand, deferring deliveries, freezing new hires, and cutting wages for management.

24.   So is Peggy Wong, who left her retail job when her wages got cut.

25.   Some club and casino owners said they were reducing their menus, laying off staff, cutting wages, and shortening their hours of operation.

26.   Tarcisius Fernando, coordinator of the Association of Sri Lankans in Hong Kong, said some employers have already cut wages illegally.

27.   The company also promised it would not cut wages for one year.

28.   The pro-democracy Confederation of Trade Unions said it was worried the high jobless rate might encourage bosses to cut wages.

29.   They were mostly about working arrangements and whether employers could cut their wages under such circumstances.

30.   To remain competitive worldwide, the airline really needs to cut wages and shorten vacations and other benefits, Weber was quoted as saying.