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THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1990
"THERE CERTAINLY ARE STILL STRAINS WITHIN THE ECONOMY AND WE SEEING WHETHER WE SHOULD EXTEND THE SCHEME WHICH WE STARTED LAST FOR SKILLED LABOUR; TO EXTEND THAT TO SEMI-SKILLED TECHNICIAN LEVEL, HE SAID.
ARE YEAR
SIR DAVID EMPHASISED THAT A DECISION HAD YET TO BE MADE.
IT ON IF WE WERE TO DO THAT, WE WOULD DO
THE BASIS OF THE DEMAND IN PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES AND WE WOULD BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT NUMBERS, HE ADDED.
ASKED TO COMMENT ON THE MARINE INCIDENT IN WHICH FIVE HONG KONG SEAMEN HAVE BEEN DETAINED IN CHINA, SIR DAVID SAID: "WE ARE IN TOUCH WITH THE NEW CHINA NEWS AGENCY ABOUT A MEETING ON THE BORDER LIAISON CHANNEL.
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"I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER TO ADD OTHER THAN THAT AT THE THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID.
MOMENT,
GOVT WILL CONTINUE SUPPORT FOR CONFERENCE ORGANISERS: CS
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то GIVE SUPPORT ΤΟ THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE
NEEDED TO ORGANISERS AND PROVIDE THEM WITH THE ASSISTANCE MORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES TO TAKE PLACE IN HONG KONG, SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
TOURIST
SIR DAVID WAS SPEAKING AT A RECEPTION HELD
OF LOCAL RECOGNITION ASSOCIATION
ORGANISATIONS.
IN
ITSELF
то
CONFERENCE ENCOURAGE THE CHIEF
BY THE HONG
CONFERENCE
KONG HOST
MORE
HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS ACTIVELY EXAMINING
FOR EXISTED
GOVERNMENT CONFERENCES IN HONG KONG.
SPONSOR
"WE ARE ALSO CONSCIOUS OF THE NEED TO HONG KONG FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD.
THE SCOPE THAT INTERNATIONAL
FACILITATE TRAVEL INTO
FIDE "GENERALLY SPEAKING, BONA
CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS FROM ENTRY ALL COUNTRIES SHOULD EXPERIENCE NO DIFFICULTY IN SECURING THEIR
PROVIDED THAT REQUIRED,
APPLICATIONS ARE VISAS, IF SUCH VISAS ARE
ARE MET,' SUBMITTED IN GOOD TIME AND NORMAL IMMIGRATION REQUIREMENTS THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID.
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THAT THE GOVERNMENT CONSIDERED THAT
SIR DAVID TOLD THE CONFERENCE ORGANISERS COULD ALSO ASSIST THEM ON THOSE OCCASIONS WHERE THEY IT WOULD HELP TO HAVE THE HONG KONG
GOVERNMENT'S FORMAL ENDORSEMENT
OR SUPPORT FOR THEIR CONFERENCE OR CONVENTION.
/SIR DAVID