HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL --8 March 1989
香港立法局
一九八九年三月八日
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MRS. TU: Sir, the Secretary did not answer my question. Since the cause of the problem is outside the jurisdiction of the Urban Council may I ask the Secretary if he will tell us what are the significant causes of the beach pollution at Repulse Bay?
SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION: I shall have to find out from the department concerned on this matter. But I have been informed that the beach-goers are not a major contributor to the littering of the beaches.
DR. IP: The Secretary mentioned that littering is a relatively insignificant contributor to the pollution of the waters. I would like to ask what is the significant contributor towards the pollution of the sand on the beach?
SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION: Sir, when you have tens of thousands of people on a beach, obviously there must be some amount of littering. What we are trying to do here is to minimize the littering. I think it is not possible to completely eliminate the littering. As I said, the beaches are cleaned daily, as everywhere else is cleaned daily, and the campaign is to reduce the amount of littering, and that is continuing.
Discrepancy in labour importation policy
3. MRS. FONG asked: Will the Administration inform this Council why there is a discrepancy in the application of the policy for importation of foreign labour in that a large number of foreign domestic helpers are allowed but not other workers?
SECRETARY FOR SECURITY: Foreign domestic helpers are admitted under the general policy governing the entry of persons from overseas to take up employment in Hong Kong. This allows entry for employment where a person possesses a special skill, knowledge or experience of value to and not readily available in Hong Kong.
There is no discrepancy in the application of the policy as between domestic helpers and other workers. Other workers from overseas who meet the admission criteria can be and are admitted for employment.