New measures to tackle unrest

GUANGZHOU - Authorities in South China's Guangdong province will introduce further measures to meet the demands of migrant workers, following rising unrest triggered by poor social management, a senior local Party official said on Thursday.

"One of the key measures will be to introduce more social workers and organizations to participate in the management of social affairs," said Zhu Mingguo, deputy Party chief of Guangdong.

Specifically, every 10,000 people in the booming industrial province will have at least five social organizations to provide public services to them, and social workers will account for about 10 percent of the province's total population, Zhu said.