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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1990
CONSTRUCTION,
THE
AND BY
THE
"THE MAJORITY OF APPLICATIONS CAME, NOT UNEXPECTEDLY, FROM
FOLLOWED INDUSTRY,
CLOSELY BY GARMENTS HOTELS, CATERING AND TOURISM GROUP OF INDUSTRIES,"
HE SAID.
MR YEUNG POINTED OUT THAT BOTH THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WERE NOW GEARED UP TO IMPLEMENT THE SCHEMES IMPORTING UP TO 2,700 TECHNICIANS, CRAFTSMEN AND SUPERVISORS, AND IMPORTING UP TO 10,000 EXPERIENCED OPERATIVES.
AND
FOR
FOR
WOULD MOVE
MR YEUNG ASSURED THAT THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT
NO APPLICATION QUICKLY TO DEAL WITH VISA APPLICATIONS, ADDING THAT THAT WAS IN ORDER WOULD TAKE MORE THAN FOUR WEEKS TO BE APPROVED.
THEY THE EMPLOYMENT
WHO MAY
"SIMILARLY, THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WILL INTERVIEW EMPLOYERS NEED GUIDANCE AND GUEST WORKERS AFTER THEY ARRIVE, SO THAT FULLY UNDERSTAND THEIR RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS UNDER ORDINANCE.
VIGILANCE:
"NEEDLESS TO SAY BOTH DEPARTMENTS WILL EXERCISE DUE THEY WILL ACT SWIFTLY ON ANY COMPLAINTS THEY RECEIVE ABOUT BREACHES OF
MR YEUNG NOTED. VISA CONDITIONS AND EMPLOYMENT LEGISLATION,
MANY
APPLICANTS
HAD BEEN
MR YEUNG SAID INTERVIEWED BY THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT.
MR. YEUNG POINTED OUT THAT, REPRESENTING SOME 35 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL, VARIETY OF REASONS.
CONTACTED
AND
ALTOGETHER 20,091 APPLICATIONS,
WERE REJECTED FOR A
THE REASONS INCLUDED:
PUBLISHED
OFFERED WAGES BELOW THE WHOSE ATTRIBUTES FELL INVOLVED MEDIAN LEVELS, OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THE TWO SCHEMES, INVOLVED LABOUR NOT REQUIRED FOR
INVOLVED COMPANIES SHOWING A LOSS. THE BUSINESS CONCERNED, OR
EMPLOYERS
WORKERS
WERE
MR YEUNG SAID THAT THE FIRST THREE GROUNDS FOR REJECTION CLEAR AND INCONTROVERTIBLE.
REASON,
THE
STEERING
GROUP
ON
"AS
FOURTH REGARDS THE IMPORTATION OF LABOUR TOOK THE VIEW THAT LOSS MAKING COMPANIES, UNLESS GOING OUT OF THEY ARE NEWLY ESTABLISHED, ARE IN GREATER DANGER OF BUSINESS.
"IF THEY DID THEY WOULD LEAVE BEHIND A SUBSTANTIAL UNEMPLOYED WORKERS.
NUMBER OF
HAVE "THERE IS THE FURTHER PROBLEM THAT THEIR INCLUSION WOULD
VERY THINLY AMONG ELIGIBLE HAD THE EFFECT OF QUOTA BEING SPREAD
UNDER- QUOTA SUBSTANTIAL
THIS
COULD RESULT IN
APPLICANTS. UTILISATION, MR YEUNG EXPLAINED.
ON QUOTA ALLOCATION,
MR YEUNG SAID THE
FOR
REJECTIONS AND THE
OF 26,451 JOB
WITHDRAWAL OF 842 APPLICATIONS LEFT THE GOVERNMENT WITH A BALANCE
SKILLED WORKERS AND APPLICATIONS 10,174 JOB APPLICATIONS FOR EXPERIENCED OPERATIVES.
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