THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1989
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WIDER SCOPE IN LABOUR IMPORT URGED MARTIN BARROW
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TODAY
(THURSDAY) OF EXCO'S
LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR THE HON MARTIN BARROW URGED THE ADMINISTRATION TO LOOK BEYOND THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF SKILLED LABOUR TO THE WIDER DECISION TO ALLOW THE IMPORTATION ASPECTS OF LABOUR SUPPLY AND DEMAND, AND TO SEEK OVERALL SOLUTIONS.
THE SECOND DAY SPEAKING ON LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR BARROW SAID: ACTUAL NEEDS THAN ON THE DEFINITION IRRELEVANT TO THE CRUX OF THIS ISSUE.
OF THE
DEBATE BUDGET
IN THE BASED MORE ON "THESE SHOULD BE OF
WHICH SKILL,
SOME FEEL IS
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HE SAID INFLATION WAS PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE, AND THAT ONE ITS HENCHMEN WAS LABOUR SHORTAGE.
MR
RECOMMENDED BARROW
THAT THE
OF
EXCO'S THAT THE
GIVEN A
OF IMPLEMENTATION DECISION SHOULD BE ONLY THE START AND THAT IT SHOULD FOLLOW
UP то GROUP SET WORKING
OVERSEE THE
BE WOULD POLICY SUFFICIENTLY BROAD FRAME OF REFERENCE TO SEEK ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS.
ON
WHILE NOTING THAT THERE WERE WIDESPREAD AND DIFFERING VIEWS
PROBLEM WHICH NEEDED ΤΟ BE SOLUTIONS, HE SAID THERE WAS A SERIOUS ADDRESSED.
Η
AN ISSUE MR BARROW SAID.
FOR
"THIS PROBLEM SHOULD NOT BE LOOKED ON SIMPLY AS EMPLOYERS. IT IS AN ISSUE FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY,
HAD
EMPHASISED
REFERRING TO THE ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS RECOMMENDED BY THE NINE NOT ADVOCATED OPENING TRADE ORGANISATIONS, MR BARROW SAID THEY
THAT THE POSITION OF THE FLOODGATES AND HAD CONSTANTLY HONG KONG WORKERS MUST BE PROTECTED.
SHORTAGE "WHILST THE ISSUE IS PRINCIPALLY ONE OF SUSTAIN
HIGH WAGES PER SE, THE ECONOMY CANNOT WHICH WE ALL HAVE EXPERIENCED OVER THE PAST YEAR,
RATHER THAN
THE GROWTH IN COSTS
HE SAID.
GOING
то
"THERE IS A REAL DANGER OF COST/WAGE SPIRAL WHICH IS DAMAGE THE COMMUNITY OF HONG KONG AS A WHOLE, INCLUDING THE EMPLOYERS,
MR BARROW WARNED. CERTAINLY, BUT NOT EXCLUDING THE WORKERS,'
I
OVERALL AS PART OF THE
EXERCISE IN SEEKING SOLUTIONS, THE EQUAL ATTENTION, HE ALTERNATIVES TO INCREASING LABOUR SUPPLY NEEDED
SAID.
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IS
IF GOVERNMENT POLICY OF KEEPING THE SUPPLY SIDE VERY TIGHT
WILLING TO EXAMINE, MAINTAINED, THEN IT FOLLOWS THAT THEY SHOULD BE AND INCREASE THEIR INVESTMENT IN THE ALTERNATIVES.'
DONE
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AND
AS
FOR
WHAT COULD BE MR BARROW ALSO URGED THE GOVERNMENT TO EXAMINE IN RESPECT
AND OF RESEARCH
AUTOMATION DEVELOPMENT,
AS OTHER ASPECTS SUCH
FOR WHAT ADDITIONAL
GIVEN
AND TRAINING INCREASING FEMALE OR STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN THE ECONOMY.
PRODUCTIVITY AND TAX INCENTIVES, AS WELL
SUPPORT COULD BE
/IF THEY