Plant officials admitted that they may have used an unauthorized manual detailing ways to cut corners.

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JCO, the company that operates the uranium-processing plant at Tokaimura, had quietly compiled a manual that encouraged workers to cut corners, quite illegally, to reduce costs.

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This writer cited measures that have eroded somewhat Hong Kong's very favorable policies toward foreign manual workers, including a 5% cut in the minimum wage for newly hired domestic helpers.

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