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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1989
KCRC FREE TO DESIGN PAY PACKAGES
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ΤΟ OPERATE STAFF
THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION WAS CREATED ON A COMMERCIAL BASIS INCLUDING THE FLEXIBILITY IN PAY AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE UNDER A COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT.
DETERMINING
THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON MICHAEL LEUNG, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), IN REPLY TO FROM THE HON MICHAEL CHENG.
IN
SAID THIS A QUESTION
1982 AS
FLEXIBLE IN THE OF A
AN
MR LEUNG SAID THE CORPORATION WAS ESTABLISHED INDEPENDENT STATUTORY ORGANISATION ΤΟ PROVIDE A ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE WHICH COULD RESPOND TO RAPID CHANGES MARKET DEMAND AND MEET THE FULL RANGE OF SERVICES EXPECTED MODERN RAILWAY.
HE SAID THAT TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE OF INDIVIDUAL STAFF MEMBERS, WHO WERE NOT CIVIL SERVANTS, WERE A CORPORATION AND WERE NOT MONITORED BY THE GOVERNMENT.
MATTER FOR THE
HOWEVER, THE APPOINTMENT OF THE CORPORATION'S DIRECTOR HAD ΤΟ BE APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR AND HIS APPOINTMENT WERE SUBJECT TO DETERMINATION BY THE FINANCIAL MR LEUNG SAID,
MANAGING TERMS OF SECRETARY,
OBJECTIVES OF VBP SCREENING POLICY EXPLAINED
THE OBJECTIVES OF THE NEW SCREENING POLICY FOR VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE ARE TO DETER ARRIVALS FROM VIETNAM AND TO FORM A FOR LONG TERM DURABLE SOLUTIONS FOR BOTH
AND NON-REFUGEES, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON GEOFFREY BARNES, TOLD LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
BASIS
REFUGEES
THE
HAVE
"THE LONG TERM EFFECTIVENESS OF THE POLICY WILL THEREFORE TO BE JUDGED IN TERMS OF DETERRING PEOPLE FROM TRAVELLING TO HONG KONG, THE LEVEL OF REPATRIATION AND THE LEVEL OF RESETTLEMENT,
MR BARNES SAID IN REPLY TO A SIX-POINT QUESTION FROM THE HON TSE.
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DANIEL
"IT IS FAR TOO EARLY AT THIS STAGE TO FORM A JUDGEMENT ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE POLICY AND WE MUST WAIT TO SEE THE LEVEL OF ARRIVALS OVER THE SUMMER OF 1989 AND THE OUTCOME OF THE INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS NOW BEING MADE TO FIND LONG TERM SOLUTIONS TO THIS PROBLEM.
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MR BARNES