TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1990
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STATEMENT ON RECRUITMENT OF CHINESE NATIONALS LIVING OVERSEAS
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PRESS
IN RESPONSE TO
ENQUIRIES ON WHETHER OR NOT CHINESE KONG CIVIL NATIONALS LIVING OVERSEAS WOULD BE RECRUITED TO THE HONG
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN GAVE THE SERVICE UNDER THE NEW ARRANGEMENT, FOLLOWING STATEMENT TODAY (TUESDAY):
SHORTAGE OF
SKILLED IS ENTIRELY THIS
*"THE SCHEME IS AIMED AT RELIEVING THE PERSONNEL IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR CAUSED BY EMIGRATION. IT UP TO PRIVATE SECTOR FIRMS WHETHER OR NOT THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SCHEME.
TO
WE HAVE NO PLAN "AS FAR AS THE GOVERNMENT IS CONCERNED, RECRUIT
OR NATIONALS LIVING IN THE CHINESE
MAINLAND
OVERSEAS. GOVERNED BY THE LOCALISATION RECRUITMENT INTO THE CIVIL SERVICE IS
VACANCIES POLICY.
IN THE CIVIL SERVICE ARE NORMALLY FILLED BY
IN HONG KONG. RECRUITMENT RECRUITMENT OF HONG KONG RESIDENTS
WHERE EXCEPTIONALLY OUTSIDE HONG KONG TAKES PLACE ONLY SERIOUS SHORTAGE OF QUALIFIED LOCAL CANDIDATES IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE.
THE SPOKESMAN NOTED THAT RECRUITMENT RESIDENTS INTO THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE WHICH IN THE GOVERNMENT, HAS CEASED SINCE 1985.
FROM THERE IS A CRITICAL AREAS OF
OF NON-HONG KONG HANDLES POLICY WORK
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CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR AUGUST PUBLISHED
THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY)
THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES FOR AUGUST 1990.
PUBLISHED
THE CPI(A) AND CPI (B) (OCT. 84 SEP. 85 = 100) FOR AUGUST 1990 WERE 142.9 AND 142.7 RESPECTIVELY, REPRESENTING INCREASES OF 9.4 PER CENT AND 9.6 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY OVER AUGUST 1989. THESE RATES OF INCREASE WERE SIMILAR TO THOSE RECORDED FOR JULY 1990 (9.4 PER CENT AND 9.5 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY).
THE AVERAGE CPI(A)
FOR THE PERIOD OF JANUARY TO AUGUST 1990, AND AVERAGE CPI(B) BOTH INCREASED BY 9.3 PER CENT OVER THE CORRESPONDING PERIOD OF 1989.
ON A YEAR-ON-YEAR COMPARISON, THE FASTER RATES OF INCREASE IN THE CPI(A) IN AUGUST 1990 WERE RECORDED IN THE INDEXES FOR ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO (FOR HOME CONSUMPTION), TRANSPORT AND VEHICLES, SERVICES AND FOODSTUFFS AT 18.1 PER CENT, 14.2 PER CENT, 11.9 PER CENT AND 9.2 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
THE CORRESPONDING RATES OF INCREASE FOR THE SAME COMPONENTS THE CPI(B) WERE 17.7 PER CENT, 14.8 PER CENT, 11.8 PER CENT PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
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AND 9.7
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