THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1991
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729 VRS RESETTLED OVERSEAS LAST MONTH
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A TOTAL OF 729 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES LEFT HONG KONG RESETTLEMENT OVERSEAS LAST MONTH (APRIL)
OF THOSE WHO LEFT FOR OVERSEAS RESETTLEMENT, 60 DEPARTED AUSTRALIA, 140 FOR CANADA, 22 FOR FRANCE, 25 FOR JAPAN, 111 SWEDEN, 8 FOR SWITZERLAND, 55 FOR UNITED KINGDOM AND 116 FOR USA.
MEANWHILE, A TOTAL OF 192 REFUGEES LEFT FOR THE PHILIPPINES AWAIT RESETTLEMENT OVERSEAS.
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HEUNG YEE KUK SPECIAL COUNCILLORS ELECTED
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SEVEN SPECIAL COUNCILLORS FOR THE SOUTHERN ELECTORAL DISTRICT
OF THE 28TH TERM OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK WERE ELECTED TODAY (THURSDAY).
THEY ARE:
HR HỌ FING CHIU
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MR CHEUNG FU
MR LAW KAM-FAI
MR LÀM SAI-CHEUNG
MR YURN WAI
MR FU YUEN-HUNG
MR LO CHUEN-SANG
SWD EXPLAINS SALARY SCALES OF STAFF
IN RESPONSE TO PRESS ENQUIRIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROTEST ACTION ON PAY SCALES BY THE HONG KONG CHINESE CIVIL SERVANTS' ASSOCIATION'S SOCIAL WORK ASSISTANT BRANCH, A SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT THE SALARY SCALES OF THE SOCIAL WORK ASSISTANT GRADE AND THE WELFARE WORKER GRADE WERE RECOMMENDED BY THE STANDING COMMISSION ON CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE.
HE EXPLAINED THAT SOCIAL WORK ASSISTANT IS A RECRUITMENT RANK AND SENIOR WELFARE WORKER IS A PROMOTION RANK.
IN THE CASE OF SOCIAL WORK ASSISTANTS, THEY WOULD HAVE THE CHANCE OF MOVING UP TO HIGHER RANKS IN THE GRADE IN THE LONG RUN WHILE THE POST OF SENIOR WELFARE WORKER IS THE ONLY PROMOTION RANK WITHIN THE GRADE, HE SAID.
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