SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1988
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CALL TO MAXIMISE USE OF HUMAN RESOURCES
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THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CONTRIBUTION OF SOME
DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FORCE IS OFTEN OVERLOOKED, THE HAROLD KWOK, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
PART OF THE LABOUR FOR LABOUR, MR
DUE
WORKERS MANY
TO THE
WERE
RESTRICTED FROM EXERTING THEIR LACK OF SUFFICIENT GUIDANCE AND
FROM CHINA, ARE
HE SAID
UTMOST CAPABILITIES PROPER COUNSELLING,
"SOME OF THE RESIDENTS, BEING NEW IMMIGRANTS KNOWN TO HAVE ENCOUNTERED SUCH DIFFICULTIES," HE ADDED.
EMPLOYMENT SEMINAR ORGANISED BY THE
MR KWOK WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES" JOINTLY ON "NEW IMMIGRANTS LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE ROTARY CLUB OF HONG KONG HARBOUR.
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SOME 27,000 FROM CHINA TO SETTLE IN
HE TOLD A GATHERING OF ABOUT 80 PARTICIPANTS THAT PERSONS HOLDING ONE-WAY EXIT PERMITS CAME HONG KONG EACH YEAR IN THE PAST TWO YEARS.
FINDING JOBS WELL AS ADAPTING
THESE IMMIGRANTS WERE FACED WITH THE PROBLEMS OF SUITABLE TO THEIR OWN SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS AS THEMSELVES TO THE NEW WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND SYSTEM.
HOW TO IMMIGRANT
LOCAL EMPLOYERS WERE ALSO CONCERNED OVER THE ISSUES OF TRAIN AND MAINTAIN A HARMONIOUS RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR NEW WORKERS, AND TO HELP THEM TO ENHANCE THEIR WORK PERFORMANCE, HE SAID.
THE THEORIES OF WITH FLEXIBILITY, IT RAISE THEIR MORALE, EMPLOYERS AND
"IN A WIDER CONTEXT, IF MANAGEMENT CAN APPLY PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT AND INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY SHOULD HELP TO REDUCE THE TURNOVER OF EMPLOYEES,
CO-OPERATION AND COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ENHANCE THE EMPLOYEES, MR KWOK SAID.
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THESE WOULD HELP ACHIEVE THE AIM OF MAXIMISING THE USE OF HUMAN PRODUCTIVITY OF THE LABOUR RESOURCES AND IMPROVING THE QUALITY AND FORCE, HE SAID.
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN HONG KONG IN THE FOURTH
MR KWOK ALSO NOTED THAT THE CONTINUED TO STAY AT A VERY LOW LEVEL OF 1.9 PER CENT QUARTER OF LAST YEAR.
QUARTER
OF
THIS
YEAR,
THERE WAS
NO
AND FOR THE FIRST INDICATION THAT THE TIGHT LOCAL LABOUR MARKET HAD RELAXED.
OF APPROPRIATE MANAGEMENT HE CALLED ON EMPLOYERS TO MAKE USE
EXISTING TECHNIQUES AND SUITABLE EMPLOYMENT COUNSELLING TO ENABLE THE LABOUR FORCE TO MAXIMISE ITS WORKING CAPACITY.
THE SEMINAR