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WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1989

AT

ASKED ΤΟ PUBLISH

HE SAID THE UPGC WOULD DISCUSS FUTURE RESEARCH REQUIREMENTS ITS SEPTEMBER MEETING AND THE EDUCATION COMMISSION HAD BEEN CONDUCT A STUDY OF EDUCATION IN RELATION TO TECHNOLOGY AND TO ITS FINDINGS NEXT YEAR.

REFERRING TO THE PROBLEM OF RECRUITING AND MR INSTITUTIONS, IN THE NON-UNIVERSITY

то ADDRESS SPECIFIC ADMINISTRATION WAS PREPARED

STAFF

AROSE.

RETAINING TEACHING THE SAID BRIDGE

AS PROBLEMS

THEY

"IN OUR EXAMINATION OF PAY AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE FOR STAFF,

INTO

STRUCTURE OF THE ACCOUNT THE EXISTING WE WILL HAVE TO TAKE TERTIARY SECTOR AS WELL AS THE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PUBLIC SECTOR.'

POLICY IN LINE WITH MEMBERS' VIEWS

* *

LABOUR

THE GOVERNMENT'S RECENT RE-AFFIRMATION OF ITS POLICY OF IMPORTATION CONTROL IS IN LINE WITH THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS ON THE MATTER, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION THE HON RON BRIDGE, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MR BRIDGE WAS SPEAKING IN THE LEGISLATIVE

RESUMED DEBATE ON THE BUDGET.

AND MANPOWER,

COUNCIL DURING THE

HE NOTED

THAT

ALL

MEMBERS

WHO

HAD

SPOKEN

ON

THE

LABOUR SHARE THEIR

SHORTAGE IN THE DEBATE HAD AGREED THAT HONG KONG WORKERS SHOULD

AN

AND THAT ECONOMIC BOOM, THE FRUITS OF PROSPERITY DURING WAGES SHOULD NOT BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY LABOUR IMPORTATION.

RADIO

THE

THE

BY MOST PEOPLE MR BRIDGE SAID THE VIEW WAS APPARENTLY SHARED

AN OPINION POLL IN A RECENT IN HONG KONG. HE REFERRED TO

PER CENT OF IN HONG KONG

80 WHICH TELEVISION

PROGRAMME RESPONDENTS WERE AGAINST LABOUR IMPORTATION AS A MEASURE TO SOLVE SHORTAGE FOR FEAR IT WOULD AFFECT WAGES.

WILL "WHILE STRESSING THAT THE IMPORTATION OF UNSKILLED LABOUR

LABOUR MORE NOT BE ALLOWED, WE WILL APPLY THE POLICY TOWARDS SKILLED FLEXIBLY TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO AREAS WHICH SUFFER ACUTE SHORTAGES.

"A STEERING GROUP HAS BEEN EXAMINING WILL BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY," HE SAID.

THIS ISSUE AND DETAILS

ON IMPORTED WORKERS

EXAMINE

A LEVY MR BRIDGE SAID THE IDEA OF WORTH CONSIDERING AND THE STEERING GROUP WOULD IMPLICATIONS BEFORE COMING TO A FINAL VIEW.

WAS

ITS POSSIBLE

IMPORTANCE OF AND EMPLOYERS EMPLOYEES,

THE SECRETARY ALSO SAID HE FULLY AGREED ON

BETWEEN MAINTAINING A CLEAR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.

THE

DIALOGUE

THREE

THERE WERE MANY USEFUL FORUMS FOR THE THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD AND ITS VARIOUS COMMITTEES MANPOWER PANEL, HE ADDED.

GROUPS, SUCH AS AND THE OMELCO

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