We must prune away some of our surplus staff.

我们必须把部分多余的人员精简掉。

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Concrete manifestations are: low standard duplicate construction really standing out, historical burdens weighing down, and surplus staff being excessive.

具体表现是，低水平重复建设相当突出，历史包袱沉重，富余人员过多。

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Article 5. The labor employment service enterprises established by the enterprises shall assume the task of placing the surplus staff and workers from their own enterprises.

第五条企业开办的劳动就业服务企业，应当承担安置本企业富余职工的任务。

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Other consulting firms are coy about plans to reduce costs, but in the past the industry has dealt with slowdowns by recruiting fewer new staff and encouraging surplus consultants to seek jobs elsewhere.

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Inventing work for even more surplus commissioners as enlargement proceeded, and diverting resources and staff to their use, would be an intolerable strain.

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Mr Sinha could have cut staff (the railways alone are estimated to have 500, 000 surplus workers).

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