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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1991
VOCATIONAL
MANPOWER SUPPLY, ON
MR CHAN POINTED OUT THAT WHILE TRAINING WAS ONE WAY OF BRINGING THE SUPPLY OF MANPOWER IN LINE
DEMAND, THE
ANOTHER WAY WAS TO ATTRACT TO HONG KONG THE KINDS SKILLS WE NEEDED, BUT WHICH WERE IN SHORT SUPPLY LOCALLY.
WITH OF
HE SAID: "WE HAVE A LONG-STANDING AND, I BELIEVE, UNIVERSALLY IN HONG SUPPORTED POLICY OF ATTRACTING OVERSEAS COMPANIES TO SET UP KONG. ABOUT 100 COMPANIES DO 30 EACH YEAR. WE ALLOW THEM TO KEY MANAGERIAL AND TECHNICAL STAFF.
IMPORT
"THIS WILL
AS WILL THE POLICY CONTINUE,
OF SUPPORTING PROVISION TO THE CHILDREN OF THESE OVERSEAS RESIDENTS OF THE SORT EDUCATION THEY WOULD EXPECT IN THEIR HOME COUNTRIES.
THE
OF
"IN A FURTHER MOVE TO ATTRACT TALENT FROM OVERSEAS, INCLUDING FORMER HONG KONG RESIDENTS, THE GOVERNMENT AND THE HONG KONG INSTITUTE
MANAGEMENT HAVE OF PERSONNEL
SET UP A JOINT
то VENTURE INFORMATION ON EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN HONG KONG.
PROVIDE
"WE
AND,
HOPE TO OPEN AN OFFICE IN TORONTO BY THE END OF
PROVES IF THE PROJECT
SUCCESSFUL, ΤΟ EXTEND IT APPROPRIATE CITIES OVER TIME."
THE ΤΟ
YEAR OTHER
OF WORKERS, MR CHAN
SAID WHILE THE
TURNING TO IMPORTATION INITIATIVES MENTIONED ABOVE WERE AIMED LARGELY AT PEOPLE AT MANAGERIAL AND PROFESSIONAL LEVEL, HONG KONG ALSO HAD то DEAL
SEVERE WITH ALLEVIATED, WOULD MANPOWER SHORTAGES AT OTHER LEVELS WHICH, IF NOT HINDER ECONOMIC GROWTH.
"THEREFORE, AS THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY SAID A WHILE AGO, HAVE DECIDED THAT AN INCREASE IN OUR MANPOWER SUPPLY FROM OUTSIDE REQUIRED, BUT WE WILL WANT TO CONSULT CAREFULLY BEFORE DECIDING ON FINAL FIGURE.
WE
IS
A
"OUR APPROACH WILL
REMAIN HIGHLY SHORTAGES
ARE
SELECTIVE AND PARTICULARLY
WILL BE SEVERE, AS
TARGETTED AT
WHERE AREAS REFLECTED BY, FOR EXAMPLE, HIGH VACANCY RATES," HE SAID.
FOR
ABUSE
THE
BY
MR CHAN SAID IT WAS INTENDED ALSO TO TAKE STEPS TO TIGHTEN
AS TO MINIMISE THE OF IMPORTATION
SCOPE
UNSCRUPULOUS EMPLOYERS.
SYSTEM
SO
AS
INCREASES IN PENALTIES SPECIFIC MEASURES TO PREVENT UNLAWFUL
FOR
"WE HAVE IN MIND SUBSTANTIAL
WELL AS
MALPRACTICES, DEDUCTIONS OF WACES."
TO
THE
WORKERS
MR
DEBATE CHAN SAID MANY MEMBERS HAD POINTED IN THE NEED FOR RETRAINING PROGRAMMES TO UPGRADE THE SKILLS OF LOCAL AND TO HELP THEM ADAPT TO SECTORS WITH A STRONG DEMAND FOR SKILLS.
"WE
WE
THOSE
OTHER
SUCH THOSE
WELCOME THESE SUGGESTIONS AND WILL PURSUE THEM WITH AMONG CONCERNED, PARTICULARLY THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL. THINGS,
A ARE CONSIDERING SETTING UP
FUND FOR SPECIAL RETRAINING, FINANCED BY A REASONABLE LEVY TO BE PAID BY EMPLOYERS GIVEN PERMISSION TO IMPORT WORKERS UNDER ANY NEW IMPORTATION SCHEME.
"WE SHALL