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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1990
AS REGARDS PRODUCTION, HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS DOUBLING FIRST DEGREE OUTPUT OF OUR TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS,
THE
"AND, FINALLY, WE ARE ATTRACTING THOSE WHO ARE
SUITABLE PROVIDING RETURNING OR COMING HERE, PARTLY BY WAY OF PROMOTING HONG KONG, PARTLY
RELAXING OUR IMMIGRATION RULES, AND PARTLY BY EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEIR FAMILIES," HE SAID.
INTERESTED IN
GOVERNMENT HAS NO INTENTION TO ABANDON LABOUR IMPORTATION SCHEMES
THE
THE
SCHEMES ON GOVERNMENT HAS NO INTENTION OF ABANDONING THE IMPORTATION OF LABOUR, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, HON K.Y. YEUNG, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
HAD GOVERNMENT
NO INTENTION EXTENDING THESE SCHEMES AT THE PRESENT TIME, MR
EQUALLY, THE
SPEAKING
AT
ON THE DEBATE RESUMED THE ADDRESS, MR YEUNG SAID DESPITE SOME SOFTENING COMPETITION IN THE LABOUR MARKET WAS STILL INTENSE.
OF REVISING OR. YEUNG SAID.
GOVERNOR'S
POLICY
IN
CERTAIN SECTORS,
"THE SCHEMES FOR IMPORTING OPERATIVES HAVE BEEN RESPECTIVELY.
TECHNICIANS OVER-SUBSCRIBED BY SIX TIMES
AND
EXPERIENCED
AND
FOUR TIMES
"THE
STEERING
GROUP
ON
IMPORTATION
UNDER
MY
FROM
OF LABOUR CHAIRMANSHIP HAS SPENT THE PAST TWO MONTHS VETTING APPLICATIONS OVER 4,500 COMPANIES FOR 57,000 JOBS.
REPORT THAT THE MR YEUNG SAID, ADDING THAT
A
ΤΟ IN
STATEMENT
THE
"IT HAS FINISHED ITS TASK AND I AM GLAD TO GOVERNMENT IS NOW READY TO ALLOCATE QUOTA," ACCOUNT DETAILED WOULD GIVE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AT ITS NEXT SITTING.
HE
MORE A
HE ASSURED
THAT
NO APPLICATION
INVOLVING
WAGES
BELOW
THE
PUBLISHED MEDIAN HAD BEEN ACCEPTED.
"INDEED A GOOD PROPORTION, REPRESENTING SOME 55 PER CENT OF ALL SUCCESSFUL APPLICATIONS, OFFER WAGES ABOVE THE MEDIAN,'
OR
HE SAID.
REVISING POINTING OUT THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS NO INTENTION OF
YEUNG SAID THE EXTENDING THESE SCHEMES AT THE PRESENT TIME, MR
THEY STEERING GROUP WOULD BE KEEPING A CLOSE WATCH ON THE SCHEMES AS WERE IMPLEMENTED.
QUOTA
ANY REVISION UTILISATION, THE THE BUSINESSES
HE ALSO SAID THE GOVERNMENT WOULD NOT CONSIDER
OF SOME EXPERIENCE UNTIL
HAD IT
GAINED INCIDENCE OF ABUSE AND THE EFFECT OF IMPORTATION ON INVOLVED.
/AS REGARDS