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WEDNESDAY, JULY 17,
1991
SUCCESSFUL SMALLER FAMILY
SECONDLY THE SUPPLY OF MANPOWER IN RECENT YEARS
THAN ON THE RISE. A DOWNWARD TREND RATHER ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND THE GROWTH OF A SOCIETY HAVE RESULTED IN ONLY A 81IGHT GROWTH
THE POPULARISATION PAST YEARS. FURTHERMORE,
HAS FOLLOWED
CONTROL OF STRUCTURE
OF POPULATION OF EDUCATIONAL
IN IN THE SERVICE
STUDY YEARS OF GRADUAL DECLINE
HAS BROUGHT ABOUT A GRADUAL EXTENSION OF THE AVERAGE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. HENCE, THERE HAS BEEN A SLIGHT BUT IN THE NUMBER OF LOCAL RESIDENTS JOINING THE WORKFORCE.
THE PAST SETTLE IN ABOUT
THIRDLY, THERE HAS BEEN A CONSIDERABLE GROWTH DURING FEW YEARS IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LEAVING THE TERRITORY TO
YEAR, KONG EACH HONG AMONG THOSE LEAVING FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 12,000 TO 15,000 ARF PROFESSIONALS, MANAGERS AND TECHNICIANS. THEY ARE TALENTS HAS INTENSIFIED ALL IN THE PRIME OF LIFE. THE LOSS OF THESE OUR LABOUR SHORTAGE PROBLEM.
MANPOWER
HAND, THE SCRAMBLE
IN HONG KONG, IMPETUS TO ECONOMIC LIMIT THE WILL
WE
FOR
OUR
WAY
AND
TRADES AND INDUSTRIES HAS ALSO FUELLED
THERE BEING SCARCELY ANY NATURAL RESOURCES HAVE TO RELY MAINLY ON OUR LABOUR FORCE TO GIVE
OF SHORTAGE SUSTAINED AND DEVELOPMENT, POTENTIAL FOR ECONOMIC GROWTIL. ON THE OTHER
IN CERTAIN TALENTS BY OFFERING HIGHER WAGES
SHORTAGF MANPOWER SERIOUS WITH CONFRONTED
THE INTERNAL INFLATION IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, IF WE DO NOT THINK OF A
LABOUR MARKET, TO RETUFY THE IMBALANCE OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND IN THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG WILL BE IMPEDED, LOCAL AND FOREIGN NEW INVESTMENT AS WELL AS REINVESTMENT WILL ALSO ADVERSELY AFFECTED.
INVESTMENT NEW
BE
OUR ECONOMY, AND THE AND REINVESTMENT,
IN ORDER TO ENSURE TIP CONTINUOUS GROWTH OF TO STIMULATI ANIC CO-ORDINATE
ALLOWING EMPLOYERS GOVERNMENT DECIDED TO ADOPT A NEW POLICY IN 1989,
CRAFTSMEN, TECHNICIANS ΤΟ TO IMPORT WITH RESTRAINTS UP TO 3,000 FOREIGN
DECIDED IN 1990, IT WAS AND SUPERVISORS IN A SYSTEMATIC MANNER.
SCHEMI DY APPROVING FURTHER IMPORTATION FURTHER EXPAND THE LABOUR ADMISSION OF 2,700 CRAFTSMEN AND 10,000 SKILLED WORKERS. MOREOVER, ORDER TO COPE WITH THE NEW AIRPORT AND AIRPORT-BELATED GOVERNMENT APPROVED IN
IN
PROJECTS,
THE
WORKERS PROJECTS.
INITIALLY TO FACILITA, 1990 A SEPARATE QUOTA OF 2,000 FOREIGN
THE LAFLY STAGES OF THE NEW AIRPORT
THE PROJECTS, AIRPORT THE NEW IN VEER DE THE 817F AND UNIQUENESS OF
PROJECTS GOVERNMENT CONSIDERED THAT THE PROVISION OF LABOUR FOR THESE
TIF GENERAL LABOUR IMPORTATION FROM SEPARATELY SHOULD BE HANDLED ISSUE.
THE EXISTING I WOULD LIKE TO STRESS THAT
AND SCHEME IS BRING CARRIED OUT SYSTEMATICALLY
TO KILATSOFVER INTENTION. GOVERNMENT UNRESTRAINED IMPORTATION
MAS
LABOUR IMPORTATION
THE
AND
RESTRAINT. WITH
MASSIVE ALLOW
WILL POPFIGN WORLLES,
THAT I TRUST
NO UNDERMINE THE LETTREST OF LOCAL WORKERS.
LARGE NUMBER
UNEMPLOYED OF IN THE WORLD WOULD HOPE TO SEE A
LET ALONE TAKING POSITIVE ACTIONS TO DEPRIVE WORKERS WORKERS
IN OPPORTUNITIES. THIS IS BECAUSE SUCH ACTIONS WILL NOT
BUT WOULD INSTEAD BENEFICIAL
GROWTH FCONOMEL' INSTABILITY, BRINGING GREAT TROUBLES TO THE GOVERNMENT ITSELF.
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TO
SEVERELY GOVERNMENT LOCAL OF JOB ANY WAY BE SOCIAL CAUSE
/ACTUALLY, THE