WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1990
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HE NOTED THAT UNDER PRESENT IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS, FOREIGN WORKERS WHO WERE NOT OF CHINESE ORIGIN DID NOT HAVE THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN HONG KONG EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD STAYED HERE FOR OVER SEVEN YEARS.
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THE PROBLEM COULD BECOME MORE COMPLICATED AS THEY MIGHT MARRIED AND HAVE CHILDREN HERE.
"WE CERTAINLY WOULD NOT WANT HONG KONG TO WITNESS A REPEAT OF THE HEART-BREAKING SCENES OF THE SEPARATION OF PARENT AND CHILD NOR THE DETENTION IN PRISON OF PARENT AND CHILD, HE SAID..
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WITH REGARD TO WORKERS FROM CHINA, HE SAID: "I BELIEVE THE ADMINISTRATION SHOULD CONSIDER WHETHER FOREIGN WORKERS FROM MAINLAND CHINA, WHO ARE OF THE CHINESE RACE AND WHO HAVE BEEN ORDINARY RESIDENT IN HONG KONG FOR SEVEN YEARS CONTINUOUSLY, WOULD ACQUIRE THE RIGHT OF ABODE HERE.
"MOREOVER, WHETHER BY THEIR EMPLOYMENT HERE ARE THEY ORDINARY RESIDENT IN HONG KONG?"
COMMUNITY SHOULD SUPPORT LABOUR IMPORTATION SCHEME
*
THE COMMUNITY SHOULD
SUPPORT
THE GOVERNMENT
POLICY
ON THE IMPORTATION OF LABOUR WHICH IS TO THE BENEFIT OF HONG KONG AS A WHOLE,
IN THE LEGISLATIVE THE HON MARTIN (WEDNESDAY).
BARROW
SAID
COUNCIL
TODAY
THE
THE
IN THE DEBATE ON MOTION OF SUPPORT SPEAKING IN
SAID FEARS THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S IMPORTATION OF LABOUR, MR BARROW LABOUR IMPORTATION PLAN WOULD DAMPEN JOB OPPORTUNITIES OR SUPPRESS
WORKFORCE WERE UNFOUNDED, WAGES FOR THE LOCAL
BECAUSE THE NUMBER INVOLVED REPRESENTED ONLY HALF A PER CENT OF THE TOTAL WORKFORCE.
EXCITING DEVELOPMENTS
AHEAD
FOR
THE
AND
HE ALSO SAID THERE WOULD BE
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, HONG KONG'S ECONOMY. IN ADDITION TO
CENTRE TERRITORY WOULD CONTINUE TO PROMOTE ITSELF AS A REGIONAL
BASE FOR AS AS A FINANCIAL CENTRE,
A TOURISM
CENTRE; AND SPECIALIST MANUFACTURING BUSINESS WITH CHINA, AND AS A ALL OF THESE WOULD NEED A REASONABLE SUPPLY OF LABOUR.
DESTINATION,
AS A
WAGES AND IMPROVED LIVING MR BARROW ADDED THAT INCREASES IN
WOULD LABOUR FORCE STANDARDS OF HONG KONG'S EMPLOYERS CONTINUED TO INVEST IN THE TERRITORY. DO SO IF THERE IS SUFFICIENT LABOUR AVAILABLE,
ONLY
BE POSSIBLE
IF
"BUT
THEY WILL ONLY
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HE SAID.
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