FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1990
"IT IS ENVISAGED THAI THOSE INDUSTRIES THAT HAVE BEEN SUFFERING FROM THE HIGHEST VACANCY RATES AND SUSTAINING TIK HIGURST GROWTEL RATE IN WAGES WOULD BE GIVEN A HIGHER PRIORITY, HE SAID.
EACH
MR YEUNG SAID THAT FOR EACH SCHEME, A LIST OF INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES RANKED ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES AND THE RATE OF WAGE INCREASE, AND A SECOND LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL JOB TITLES IN INDUSTRY OR SERVICE RANKED ACCORDING TO THEIR VACANCY SITUATION BEEN COMPILED. THE LISTS WOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE ON REQUEST FROM IMMIGRATION AND LABOUR DEPARTMENTS.
HAD
THE
"THESE LISTS WILL HELP PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYERS
UNDERSTAND HOW
THEIR APPLICATIONS WILL BE ASSESSED.
TO
"A PAMPHLET, IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE, DESCRIBING THE PROCEDURE FOR IMPORTING LABOUR WILL ALSO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO HELP EMPLOYERS MAKE USE OF THE SCHEMES, HE SAID.
"
ON THE TIME-SCALE FOR IMPLEMENTATION, MR YEUNG SAID EMPLOYERS WOULD BE GIVEN SIX WEEKS UNTIL THE END OF AUGUST TO LODGE APPLICATIONS WITH THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT, AND IT WOULD TAKE ABOUT A MONTH FOR ALL APPLICATIONS TO BE EXAMINED.
"ONCE AN APPLICATION HAS BEEN APPROVED, WE WILL NOTIFY THE EMPLOYER, AND ALLOW HIM UP TO THREE MONTHS WITHIN WHICH TO RECRUIT WORKERS AND TO ARRANGE FOR THE WORKERS TO APPLY FOR VISAS.
"VISA APPLICATION WILL TAKE BETWEEN THREE ΤΟ FIVE DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF VISAS REQUIRING TO BE PROCESSED.
WEEKS,
"IT IS THEREFORE EXPECTED THAT THE FIRST BATCH OF WORKERS TO BE IMPORTED UNDER THE SCHEMES WILL ARRIVE IN HONG KONG EARLY NEXT YEAR, HE SAID.
LABOUR
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE PROVIDED WITH ADDITIONAL STAFF TO COPE WITH THE WORK ARISING FROM THESE SCHEMES.
0
DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENT IN AIR QUALITY
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) TODAY (FRIDAY) RELEASED THE FIRST DETAILED AIR QUALITY DATA RESULTING FROM THE INTRODUCTION OF AIR POLLUTION (FUEL RESTRICTION) REGULATIONS WHICH CAME INTO FORCE ON JULY 1 THIS YEAR.
SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY, ACTING ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EPD, MR FRED TROMP SAID THE IMPROVEMENTS IN AIR QUALITY THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAD OBSERVED OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS HAD BEEN NOTHING SHORT OF DRAMATIC.
/"IN KWAI