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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1989
HE SAID A
DETAILED
IMPLEMENTATION
OF
SUCH
ACROSS-THE-BOARD MEASURES COULD FALL VERY UNEVENLY ON DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES AND DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT.
VARIOUS
"A LARGE DEPARTMENT IN A NO-GROWTH AREA MAY BE HARDLY AFFECTED, GROWING DEPARTMENT COULD BE WHEREAS THE EFFECT ON A SMALL, DEVASTATING," HE NOTED.
RAPIDLY
EXPAND ING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION GROWING DEPARTMENT,
AN APPLICATION OF THE
HE HOPED THE GOVERNMENT'S PROGRAMME, WHICH DEPENDED ON A SMALL BUT RAPIDLY WOULD NOT BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY TOO RIGID STRINGENT LOW GROWTH POLICY.
POLICY ON IMPORTING LABOUR SHOULD BE RELAXED
* * * * *
RELAX ITS SOLVE THE
THE HON JAMES TIEN SUGGESTED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT HONG KONG SHOULD ADOPT A DUAL APPROACH AND IMPORTATION OF LABOUR AND MANPOWER SHORTAGE.
IMMIGRATION
POLICIES ΤΟ HELP
OVER HE SAID THAT GIVEN THE LABOUR SHORTAGE PROBLEM
THE PAST FEW YEARS AND THE RECENT "BRAIN DRAIN" OF PROFESSIONALS AND SKILLED FILL THE JOBS WORKERS, SOCIETY SIMPLY DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO AVAILABLE.
OF
OR
SPEAKING IN THE POLICY DERATE, MR TIEN SAID AN IMPORTATION
DEVISED LABOUR POLICY COULD BE
TO ALLOW IN NON-PROFESSIONALS, SEMI-SKILLED WORKERS, TO WORK IN THE MANUFACTURING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES UNDER LIMITED QUOTA SCHEMES WITH SHORT-TERM CONTRACTS.
IMMIGRATION AS FOR AN
POLICY, AE SUGGESTED THAT A POINTS COUNTRIES SHOULD BE ADOPTED TO AND SKILLED WORKERS WHO
SYSTEM SIMILAR TO THAT IN OVERSEAS ALLOCATE HIGH PRIORITIES TO
PROFESSIONALS
COULD BE BROUGHT IN FROM NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES.
ON FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURAL PROJECTS, MR TIEN NOTED THAT THE PORT AND AIRPORT PROJECTS WOULD ACCOUNT FOR $127 BILLION.
IF THE PROJECTS WERE SPLIT AT A 60:40 RATIO BETWEEN THE PUBLIC HAVE ΤΟ AND PRIVATE SECTORS THIS WOULD MEAN THE PRIVATE SECTOR WOULD
TO TAKE INVEST $50 BILLION AND THE GOVERNMENT
UE' THE BALANCE, HE
ADDED.
WOULD
AMOUNT TO THAT MIGHT COULD RELY ON
HE NOTED THAT THE ACCUMULATED FISCAL SURPLUS $71 BILLION BY THE END OF THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR, AND OPEN THE SCOPE FOR BORROWING, ALTHOUGH THE GOVERNMENT THE REPORTED $200 BILLION IN THE FORM OF THE EXCHANGE FUND.
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