MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1988
HK'S FUTURE THROUGH THE EYES OF A RESIDENT
FIGURES
FROM HONG KONG BUT THE LOSS IS NOT NEARLY AS SERIOUS AS
FOR HAVE
THE
THE GOVERNMENT HAS ESTABLISHED AVERAGE
SUGGESTED,
SECRETARY
ADMINISTRATIVE
"MOREOVER,
QUITE
A
LOT
OF
PEOPLE,
INFORMATION, MR PETER TSAO, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
HAVING
OF EMIGRATION
SOME REPORTS
SERVICES
AND
OBTAINED
'INSURANCE POLICY' OF A NEW PASSPORT, RETURN TO HONG KONG TO WORK LIVE," HE SAID.
THE
AND
MR TSAO WAS
GIVING
A
TALK
AT
KEIDANREN
IN
TOKYO,
JAPAN,
LONG-TERM HONG
LOOKING INTO HONG KONG'S FUTURE THROUGH THE EYES OF A KONG RESIDENT RATHER THAN OF A CIVIL SERVANT.
TASK FORCE BARLIER MR TSAO SAID THE GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHED A THIS YEAR TO IMPROVE ITS KNOWLEDGE ABOUT EMIGRATION MATTERS.
1981 ΤΟ 1988
"WE HAVE NOW ESTABLISHED THAT AVERAGE EMIGRATION FROM 1986 WAS 20,000 PERSONS PER YEAR. IN 1987, IT WAS 30,000, AND IN
** HE SAID. THESE FIGURES ARE LIKELY TO BE EXCEEDED,
"NOW OF COURSE THESE FIGURES DO SHOW AN INCREASE AND RATHER NOT LOSE SO MANY PEOPLE. BUT THE LOSS IS NOT NEARLY AS AS SOME REPORTS HAVE SUGGESTED.
WE WOULD SERIOUS
CITED TSAO
"JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THE TOTAL THE KIND OF PEOPLE LEAVING
NUMBERS
18 CONSIDERATION
OF
-
THE SO-CALLED 'BRAIN DRAIN'."
MR
FOR
HE WHICH
SAID A
FAIRER
THAT INDICATE
THE NUMBER CONSIDERABLY
OF NEW
THAN MORE
STATISTICS DESCRIPTION WOULD BE "BRAIN GAIN".
"OUR STUDIES
GRADUATES PRODUCED EACH YEAR IS LEAVING HONG KONG," HE SAID.
"AND THIS MARGIN WILL INCREASE AS THE NUMBER OUR TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS INCREASES.
UNIVERSITY THE NUMBER
AND CAPACITY OF
GRADUATES THAN
IN 1988, WE PRODUCED LOCALLY 24 PER CENT MORE IN 1987. THE 1989 TOTAL WILL GROW BY ANOTHER 15 PER CENT.
FIRST DEGREE OVER LAST YEAR AND
NEW 15,000
INCREASE
"BY 1999, WE WILL BE PRODUCING OVER
EVERY YEAR
FIVE-FOLD
A
HOLDERS REMARKABLE GROWTH BY ANY MEASURE.
►
MR TSAO POINTED OUT THAT HONG KONG WAS A FREE SOCIETY CITIZENS WERE FREE TO COME AND GO AS THEY WISHED.
AND ITS
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