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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1989
GOVT REVIEWING ENERGY POLICY, ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS
TO
WITH THE INCREASING WORLDWIDE CONCERN OVER THE ADVERSE IMPACT OF FOSSIL FUEL USAGE ON THE ENVIRONMENT, THE GOVERNMENT IS REVIEWING CURRENT POLICY TO DETERMINE WHAT FURTHER MEASURES BE TAKEN TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT WHILST AT THE SAME TIME FOR ESSENTIAL ECONOMIC GROWTH.
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THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, THE HON ANSON THAN, SAID
COUNCIL TODAY THIS IN THE LEGISLATIVE
(WEDNESDAY 1 IN
ΤΟ REPLY QUESTION FROM THE HON JAMES MCGREGOR.
POLICY TO MEET AND
MRS CHAN EXPLAINED THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S CURRENT ENERGY WAS TO ENSURE THAT THERE WAS AN ADEQUATE AND RELIABLE SUPPLY CONSUMER'S DEMANDS AND THAT SUCH SUPPLY WAS PROVIDED EFFICIENTLY AT REASONABLE PRICES.
'WITHIN THIS BROAD FRAMEWORK GOVERNMENT ENCOURAGES ENERGY CONSERVATION BOTH ON THE PART OF CONSUMERS AND THE SUPPLY COMPANIES BUT DOES NOT NORMALLY INTERVENE UNLESS ABSOLUTELY DURING THE OIL CRISES IN 1973 AND 1979," SHE SAID.
NECESSARY
SUCH AS
ASSURANCE ON IMMIGRATION OF SKILLED PERSONNEL
THE
APPLICATION MANAGERS WILL
BY
BE
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON SIR PIERS JACOBS, ASSURED LEGISLATIVE
TODAY COUNCIL
(WEDNESDAY J THAT EVERY EMPLOYERS TO BRING IN PROFESSIONALS SYMPATHETICALLY CONSIDERED ON ITS MERITS.
AND
OR SOURCES,
BUT
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"THERE IS NO RESTRICTION ON NUMBERS
THEIR EMPLOYERS PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES MUST BE SUITABLY QUALIFIED AND
TO SIR PIERS SAID IN REPLY MUST PAY THE GOING WAGES IN HONG KONG, QUESTION FROM THE HON CHUNG PUI-LAM.
"IN ADDITION, MEMBERS ARE, OF SCHEME TO IMPORT ABOUT 3,000 SKILLED CRAFTSMAN LEVEL.'
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H
COURSE, WORKERS
AWARE OF THE SPECIAL AT THE TECHNICAL AND
ΤΟ BE FLEXIBLE
HE SAID HONG KONG MUST CONTINUE IMMIGRATION OF SKILLED PERSONNEL ΤΟ FILL ANY GAPS EMIGRATION.
PEOPLE
SIR PIERS SAID THE NUMBER OF
EXPECTED KONG NEXT YEAR WAS ABOUT 55,000, INCLUDING DEPENDANTS,
IN ALLOWING FROM ARISING
то LEAVE HONG
/IT WAS
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