WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1990
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INDUSTRY,
HALF OF THE QUOTA WOULD PROBABLY GO TO THE CLOTHING THE WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES, AND TO HOTEL, CATERING THEIR EMPLOYMENT SIZE, AND TOURIST BUSINESSES, LARGELY BECAUSE OF THEIR RELATIVELY HIGH VACANCY RATES, AND THE CONCENTRATION OF AT THE OPERATIVE LEVEL IN THEIR EMPLOYMENT HIERARCHY,
WORKERS
CHINA ON MR YEUNG SAID THAT THE EMPLOYMENT OF FISHERMEN FROM
WOULD BE SUBSUMED DUALLY-LICENSED HONG KONG-BASED FISHING VESSELS GRADUALLY UNDER THE SCHEME FOR IMPORTING EXPERIENCED OPERATIVES.
PRESENT "THIS WOULD BE DONE BY REFUSING TO REPLACE ANY OF THE
NUMBER, 791 SUCH WORKERS AS THEY RETIRE, THUS GRADUALLY REDUCING THE
UNDER THE SCHEME FOR AND INVITING THE FISHING INDUSTRY TO APPLY EXPERIENCED OPERATIVES."
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ON THE NEW SCHEME FOR IMPORTING LABOUR FOR AIRPORT AND AIRPORT- RELATED PROJECTS, MR YEUNG SAID THE UNDERLYING RATIONALE FOR HAVING SEPARATE SCHEME LAY IN THE TIME SPAN WITHIN WHICH THESE PROJECTS TO BE COMPLETED, THE NEED TO KEEP COSTS WITHIN REASONABLE LEVELS, THE NEED TO GIVE CONTRACTORS AN ASSURANCE THAT THE SUPPLY WOULD BE ADEQUATE.
MR
HAVE AND OF LABOUR
SERVICES AND THE AND TASK- THAT A SEPARATE
YRUNG SAID THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SECRETARY FOR WORKS HAD EXAMINED THESE CONTRACT-RELATED SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR LABOUR, AND HAD ADVISED QUOTA OF INITIALLY 2,000 BE ESTABLISHED.
THOSK
FOR THESE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, THE SAME GROUND RULES AS
AND EXPERIENCED OF THE
TECHNICIANS/CRAFTSMEN SCHEME FOR IMPORTING OPERATIVES WOULD APPLY, SUBJECT TO THERE BEING NO SPECIFICATIONS AS TO SKILLS.
ONE ESSENTIAL GROUND RULE IS THAT THE IMMIGRATION CONTROLS MUST BE BUILT AROUND A STANDARD CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT OF NOT MORE THAN TWO YEARS.
REQUIRED TO TO MINIMISE SOCIAL COSTS, THE EMPLOYER WOULD BE
MEET THE COST OF MEDICAL AND TO HOUSING, PROVIDE PASSAGES AND TREATMENT.
HAVE TO PROTECT THE INTERESTS OF LOCAL WORKERS, PAYROLL WOULD
DOMICILED WORKERS. LOCALLY то TO BE
SAME AS THE
THAT OFFERED ACCEPTABLE WAGES WOULD BE REPRESENTED BY PUBLISHED MEDIAN WAGES.
"IN THE EVENT OF REDUNDANCIES, IMPORTED WORKERS WOULD FIRST TO GO," MR YEUNG SAID.
BE THE
"TO ENSURE THAT IMPORTED LABOUR COMPLEMENTS CAPITAL INVESTMENT, IMPORTED WORKERS AT THE OPERATIVE LEVEL MUST BE EXPERIENCED.
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DESIGNED SINCE THE GRANTING OF PERMISSION TO IMPORT LABOUR IS TO ACT AS AN ADDED STIMULANT TO INVESTMENT IN LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY, THE PERMISSION SHOULD BE LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF TWO YEARS.
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