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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1988
ABOUT ANY EFFECTS ON MARKET FOR SKILLED OR HIGHLY
SECONDLY, THE GOVERNMENT WAS CONCERNED THE LABOUR MARKETS, PARTICULARLY THE QUALIFIED PEOPLE.
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HONG KONG THRIVED ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT, AND UNLIKE MANY PLACES, IT DID NOT HAVE ANY SPECIAL TAX BREAKS OR OTHER INCENTIVES PROMOTE SUCH INVESTMENT.
"BUT FOREIGN COMPANIES HAVE BECOME USED TO BEING ABLE
NEED, THEY THE SKILLS WITH LOCAL MARKET PEOPLE
HE SAID. INTERNATIONALLY VERY COMPETITIVE RATES OF PAY,
TO FIND OFTEN
AT
GROWTH, IS
INVESTORS WERE TURNING AWAY
"THAT MARKET, AFTER SO MANY YEARS OF FAST ECONOMIC TIGHTENING SOMEWHAT.
"IT WOULD CONCERN US IF FOREIGN BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PEOPLE THEY WANT.
"WE HAVE NO EVIDENCE OF THIS YET, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO BEFORE ANY SUCH DEVELOPMENT TAKES PLACE.
"WE ARE
ACT
CAREFULLY
AT OUR GRADUATE AND
ΤΟ PEOPLE
FILL SUFFICIENT
LOOKING THEREFORE MANAGERIAL PROGRAMMES TO ENSURE WE TRAIN ANY GAPS WHICH MAY ARISE.
WE ARE
"AT THIS TIME WE ARE PRODUCING FAR MORE GRADUATES THAN LOSING, ALTHOUGH THERE IS OF COURSE SOME DILUTION OF EXPERIENCE.
SIR DAVID EMPHASISED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD NOT BE INTO HASTY ACTION, AS FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT WAS SACROSANCT.
PANICKED
ANY ACTION TAKEN WOULD BE OF A LONG TERM, CONSIDERED NATURE. "A GOVERNMENT TASK FORCE HAS RECENTLY COMPLETED A STUDY OF WHOLE SUBJECT, AND WE NOW HAVE A MUCH BETTER PICTURE OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE LEAVING, WHERE THEY ARE GOING, AND WHY," HE SAID.
"THE NEXT STAGE WILL BE TO LOOK AT WHAT MEASURES TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF THE OUTFLOW.
THE
KIND OF
WE CAN TAKE
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ABOVE ALL, AS ALWAYS, WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO MAKE HONG KONG AN EVEN BETTER PLACE TO LIVE
FOR THIS CHILDREN IN, AND MATTER RETURN TO."
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ALL WE CAN BRING IN,
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