MR BARNES NOTED
CLOSELY RELATED TO THE
OPPORTUNITIES.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1988
THE
PROVISION
WAS
SUCCESSFUL
OF HOUSING PROVISION OF OR ACCESS ΤΟ EMPLOYMENT
OF INTEREST IN
INDUSTRIAL
HE REFERRED TO THE RECENT REVIVAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTHERN NEW TERRITORIES.
"THIS HAS BEEN REFLECTED BOTH IN THE SALES OF NEW LOTS AND ALSO IN THE NUMBER OF EXCHANGES INVOLVING DEVELOPMENT BEING PROCESSED IN ON LOK TSUEN INDUSTRIAL AREA,
INDUSTRIAL MORE INTENSIVE HE SAID.
"THIS REVIVAL APPEARS TO BE MORE CONNECTED WITH THE EVOLUTIONARY STAGE OF OUR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT THAN IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF FANLING/SHEUNG SHUI.
TO
PRESENT GENERAL
PROVIDE
"BUT IT DOES SUGGEST THAT GOVERNMENT SHOULD AIM MORE SUCH SITES FOR DISPOSAL IN THE FUTURE, THIS WILL BE LOOKED AT NOW.
H
MORE POSTS FOR LANGUAGE OFFICERS
*
ESTIMATES ARE
THAT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF BY FIVE
AND ANNUALLY
WITH THE
CHINESE LANGUAGE SIMULTANBOUS INCREASE IN
OFFICERS WILL EXPAND
PER CENT INTERPRETERS BY 10 PER CENT ANNUALLY TO COPE WORKLOAD IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
A REPLYING TO
QUESTION BY THE HON YEUNG PO-KWAN ON THE PROJECTED SHORTAGE OF TRANSLATORS AND SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETERS, AND MEASURES TO BE TAKEN TO REDUCE SUCH A SHORTAGE, SIR DAVID SAID HE NOT ENVISAGE ANY MAJOR DIFFICULTIES IN FILLING MOST OF THE NEW POSTS.
DID
WERE MOST HOWEVER, HE POINTED OUT THAT PUTONGHUA INTERPRETERS DIFFICULT TO RECRUIT BUT THIS PROBLEM WAS BEING OVERCOME BY IN-SERVICE TRAINING.
IN "IN THE EVENT OF ANY UNFORESEEABLE DIFFICULTY
MEETING THE TRANSLATION WORK ΤΟ PRIVATE DEMAND, WE CAN ARRANGE TO CONTRACT OUT
INTERPRETATION, HE AGENCIES OR HIRE PART-TIMERS FOR TRANSLATION AND SAID.
"THE
OF POOL
TRANSLATION
AGENCIES
AND
PART-TIMERS
IS
AT
PRESENT BEING EXPANDED.
"AT
PRESENT THERE ARE 436 CHINESE FULL-TIME AND NINE PART-TIME SIMULTANEOUS
SERVICES FOR TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION
LANGUAGE OFFICERS, INTERPRETERS, WHO PROVIDE
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GOVERNMENT BOARDS AND
COMMITTEES.'
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