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SUNDAY, MAY 17, 1987
FIVE FACTORIES WERE APPROVED, INCLUDING ONE ON THE YUEN LONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATE.
CONSENT TO COMMENCE WORK ON 44 PROJECTS WAS GIVEN DURING THE MONTH, INCLUDING THREE HOTEL PROJECTS AT CITY GARDEN ON HONG KONG ISLAND (620 ROOMS), CHATHAM ROAD SOUTH (257 ROOMS) AND CANTON ROAD (487 ROOMS).
THE NUMBER OF BUILDINGS WHICH RECEIVED OCCUPATION PERMITS WAS 40 -- 14 ON HONG KONG ISLAND, FIVE IN KOWLOON AND 21 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE DECLARED COST OF NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED IN MARCH WAS $600 MILLION, GIVING A TOTAL FOR THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THE YEAR OF $1 598 MILLION,
CONSENTS TO DEMOLISH ISSUED DURING THE MONTH NUMBERED 39 AFFECTING 122 BUILDINGS.
THE OFFICE'S CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT DIVISION RECEIVED 561 COMPLAINTS ABOUT ILLEGAL STRUCTURES, CARRIED OUT 1 111 INSPECTIONS AND ISSUED 375 REMOVAL ORDERS.
MORE JOB OPPORTUNITIES NEEDED FOR FRESH GRADUATES
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THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON EMPLOYMENT SERVICES OF THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD, MR CHAN SUI-KAU, TODAY (SUNDAY) CALLED ON LOCAL EMPLOYERS TO PROVIDE MORE JOB OPPORTUNITIES TO FRESH GRADUATES OF POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS AND UNIVERSITIES.
IN AN APPEAL LETTER SENT TO SOME 1 200 MAJOR ORGANISATIONS IN HONG KONG, MR CHAN NOTED THAT OVER 90 PER CENT OF THE JOB VACANCIES ADVERTISED IN THE PRESS REQUIRED EXPERIENCED CANDIDATES.
THE LIMITED JOB OPPORTUNITIES OPEN TO FRESH GRADUATES HAS
THEREFORE UPSET THEM MOST, HE ADDED.
+IT IS APPRECIATED THAT EMPLOYMENT OF INEXPERIENCED STAFF
ENTAILS MUCH TRAINING AND INCONVENIENCE, + MR CHAN SAID.
+IF, HOWEVER, THIS LIABILITY IS NOT ACCEPTED, THE PROBLEM OF POACHING OF EXPERIENCED EMPLOYEES WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SERIOUS AS THE POOL OF AVAILABLE EXPERIENCED EMPLOYEES WILL SOON BE EXHAUSTED THROUGH EMIGRATION, RETIREMENT AND BUSINESS EXPANSION.
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