Comments on: Guangdong’s KTV Industry Takes Another Hit http://thisischinablog.com/2009/08/01/guangdongs-ktv-industry-takes-another-hit/ The lifestyle trends shaping China's consumer society Mon, 21 May 2012 14:25:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Bill :D http://thisischinablog.com/2009/08/01/guangdongs-ktv-industry-takes-another-hit/comment-page-1/#comment-472 Bill :D Sun, 02 Aug 2009 06:10:57 +0000 http://thisischinablog.com/?p=765#comment-472 Yeah, Outcast, but ya gotta admit there is a bit of an exploitative aspect to the hiring practices of low-value manufacturers in China. The economic basis of The Hong Kong Model is that employees are treated as liabilities; while in higher value-add industries considered more as assets. Yeah, Outcast, but ya gotta admit there is a bit of an exploitative aspect to the hiring practices of low-value manufacturers in China. The economic basis of The Hong Kong Model is that employees are treated as liabilities; while in higher value-add industries considered more as assets.

]]> By: outcast http://thisischinablog.com/2009/08/01/guangdongs-ktv-industry-takes-another-hit/comment-page-1/#comment-471 outcast Sat, 01 Aug 2009 08:36:54 +0000 http://thisischinablog.com/?p=765#comment-471 "(”oh, but their pay is higher than what the Mainlanders would get back on the farms,” big bosses would croak)" To be fair no one is forcing the workers to work there, not that I'm defending such bad business practices but if they really did have other options for more money elsewhere, why would they work there? “(”oh, but their pay is higher than what the Mainlanders would get back on the farms,” big bosses would croak)”

To be fair no one is forcing the workers to work there, not that I’m defending such bad business practices but if they really did have other options for more money elsewhere, why would they work there?

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