WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1988
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EMIGRATION A LESSER FACTOR IN STAFF TURNOVER
* * * * *
TURNOVER
AND
KEEN
THE RAPID EXPANSION AGGRAVATING FACTOR, INFORMATION,
HON
STAFF IN SOME SECTORS THE PROBLEM OF HIGH DEMAND FOR SKILLS ARE CAUSED IN GREATER PART BY OF THOSE INDUSTRIES, AND EMIGRATION IS A LESSER +
AND THE SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES PETER TSAO, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
OF
THE
POLICY
MANPOWER SHORTAGE WAS SOMETIMES A SIGN
CONTINUING SUCCESS RATHER THAN A SYMPTOM OF FAILURE, MR TSAO SAID IN THE RESUMED DEBATE.
HISTORICAL NORM
30,000
OF
"WHILE NUMBERS ARE HIGHER THAN THE PEOPLE LAST YEAR, 45,000 THIS YEAR - THEY DO NOT PRESENT A PICTURE ALARMING PROPORTIONS, HE SAID IN REFERRING TO EMIGRATION.
*
SECTORS
FOR SKILLS ARE
"MOREOVER, ON CLOSER INSPECTION, WE HAVE FOUND IN SOME
DEMAND THE PROBLEMS OF HIGH STAFF TURNOVER AND KEEN CAUSED IN GREATER PART BY THE RAPID EXPANSION OF THOSE INDUSTRIES.
FIRST PRIORITY LIFE WHICH ARE MOST
"BE THAT AS IT MAY, WE ARE NOT COMPLACENT. OUR MUST BE TO MAINTAIN THOSE ASPECTS OF HONG KONG ATTRACTIVE.'
PEOPLE TO GO GOVERNMENT'S
ABOUT
WELL
BE
OF HONG KONG TAX RATES AND OF
POSITIVE PRESERVED, MR
THE FREEDOM THE BUOYANT ECONOMY, THE LIFESTYLE,
THEIR DAILY
THE AFFAIRS,
LOW
PUBLICISED
PHILOSOPHY то HAD NON-INTERVENTIONISM WERE THE THINGS WHICH TSAO SAID.
WE AT PRESENT "WE MUST IMPROVE THOSE AREAS OF LIFE WHERE
DO IMPROVE THE LESS WELL. TWO MATTERS FREQUENTLY QUOTED ARE THE NEED TO
THE EDUCATION SYSTEM BOTH ENVIRONMENT, AND THE NEED TO IMPROVE
IN QUALITATIVE TERMS AND IN TERMS OF INCREASING OPPORTUNITY," HE SAID.
POSITIVE PLANS IN THESE NOTING THAT THE GOVERNMENT DID HAVE AREAS,
MR TSAO REMINDED MEMBERS THAT ALL THE THINGS MENTIONED, TAKEN OR TO BE TAKEN, APPLIED EQUALLY TO BOTH EXISTING PROSPECTIVE RETURNEES.
ACTION RESIDENTS AND
"A THIRD AREA ON WHICH MEMBERS LAID STRESS
BRING FORWARD TO BOOST TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TO RAPIDLY AS POSSIBLE," MR TSAO CONTINUED.
CONCERNS THE NEED LOCAL TALENTS AS
BRANCH THE ROLE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INFORMATION
OF THE PROFILE OF THOSE IN THIS AREA WAS TO IMPROVE THE KNOWLEDGE
MORE COULD BE
READILY
SO THAT
THE
SKILLS
BEING LOST
LEAVING IDENTIFIED AND REPLACED, MR TSAO SAID.
" SUCH INFORMATION COLLEAGUES RESPONSIBLE WIDE-RANGING SUBJECT.
BE
WILL THEN
PASSED FOR VARIOUS ASPECTS
TO OF
MY OFFICIAL THIS RATHER
/ON THE