71.   Increases in labour costs were offset by a spurt in productivity growth due to the electronics demand.

72.   All are hoping to use Mexico, with labour costs a third of that of Singapore, as a base to tap the vast American market.

73.   Because of spiralling salaries, South Korean labour costs have become as high as those in Britain, and South Korea is losing its competitive edge.

74.   But he said a combination of high government investment in poorer provinces and the advantage of low labour costs would spur growth in the backward regions.

75.   Cimapi said the losses accumulated by the railway were the result of higher production and labour costs.

76.   Competition was strong, forcing companies to control costs and prices, and the growth of labour costs was remarkably low, the OECD said.

77.   Employers say that high labour costs are a factor, and the German government is struggling to prepare a package of severe cuts in welfare arrangements.

78.   The substitute figures fail to reflect the realities in China, where cheap labour costs are the true reason for low export prices, Zhang said.

79.   The sources also said the company intends to reduce labour costs despite planned increases in station and on-board personnel.

80.   The white paper holds that there must be a reduction of labour costs and particularly of those bearing down on low-paid jobs.