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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1988
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MR BARNES SAID EACH CASE HAD TO BE ASSESSED ON ITS INDIVIDUAL MERITS AGAINST THE SITUATION IN THE LOCAL LABOUR MARKET PREVAILING THE TIME OF APPLICATION.
WORKERS WERE ALLOWED TO STAY FOR SIX MONTHS INITIALLY AND THEIR STAY WAS SUBJECT TO REVIEW PERIODICALLY.
"EXTENSIONS WILL BE GRANTED IF THE CIRCUMSTANCES PREVAILING AT THE TIME OF THE ORIGINAL APPROVAL STILL PREVAIL, HE SAID.
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"FOR WORKERS ADMITTED FOR SPECIFIC CONTRACTS, EXTENSIONS WILL BE GRANTED UNTIL EXPIRY OF THEIR CONTRACTS."
IN 1987, SOME 4,800 MIDDLE MANAGEMENT, PROFESSIONAL AND INCLUDING JAPAN, THE TECHNICAL STAFF FROM A WIDE RANGE OF COUNTRIES U.S.A., AUSTRALIA AND SO ON WERE ADMITTED INTO HONG KONG, NOTED.
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"ANOTHER 2,800 WERE ADMITTED IN THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF YEAR. HE SAID.
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AS FOR WORKERS FROM CHINA, THERE WAS NO GENERAL PROVISION THEM TO ENTER HONG KONG FOR EMPLOYMENT PURPOSES.
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NEVERTHELESS, AS MORE THAN 27,000 PERMANENT RESIDENTS OF CHINA ENTERED HONG KONG EACH YEAR LEGALLY THROUGH THE ONE-WAY PERMIT SCHEME, MANY OF THEM INEVITABLY JOINED THE LOCAL LABOUR MARKET, MR BARNES SAID.
PRESENT TENANT FREE TO BID FOR NEW TENANCY
NEW
THE PRESENT TENANT OF THE PEAK CAFE IS FREE TO BID FOR THE
WORKS, THE HON TENANCY OF THE PREMISES, THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND GRAHAM BARNES, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON JAMES MCGREGOR, SAID IT WAS PROPOSED TO LET OUT THE TENANCY FOR FIVE YEARS.
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HE SAID THE PEAK CAFE BUILDING WAS GRADED BY THE ANTIQUITIES
HISTORICAL BUILDING, WHICH MEANT ADVISORY BOARD AS A GRADE TWO SHOULD BE PRESERVED IF POSSIBLE.
IN 1974, ON THE BASIS OF THAT GRADING, THE TOWN PLANNING RECOMMENDED ITS RETENTION, MR BARNES SAID.
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