FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1992
12
SCHEMES
THE REGISTRAR IS NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY AN ACTIVE INTERVENTIONARY ROLE. NONETHELESS, HE IS GIVEN POWERS TO INTERVENE IN THOSE THAT ARE NOT BEING PROPERLY ADMINISTERED OR FUNDED.
EVEN
HE MAY REQUIRE THE SUBMISSION OF SPECIFIED INFORMATION,
AND PREPARATION
AND SUBMISSION OF A SPECIAL AUDITOR'S REPORT, APPOINTMENT OF PERSONS TO CONDUCT INQUIRIES.
0
328 LOCAL WORKERS PLACED IN JOBS
* * *
THE LOCAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE (LES) OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAS SO FAR PLACED 328 LOCAL WORKERS IN JOB VACANCIES EMPLOYERS HAVE APPLIED TO IMPORT FOREIGN LABOUR.
FOR WHICH
"THE LES HAS COMPLETED PROCESSING THE 102,334 VACANCIES RECEIVED FROM 9,231 EMPLOYERS UNDER THE 1992 GENERAL LABOUR IMPORTATION SCHEME AND HAS MADE EVERY REASONABLE ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY SUITABLE LOCAL CANDIDATES TO FILL THESE POSTS, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR ALFRED CHAN, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
"THESE ATTEMPTS INCLUDED SENDING LETTERS TO 21.541 LOCAL JOB-SEEKERS ON OUR REGISTER INVITING THEM TO APPLY FOR THESE JOBS, BUT ONLY 1,455 OR 6.8 PER CENT OF THEM HAVE RESPONDED,' MR CHAN NOTED.
"
THE POOR RESPONSE OF THE JOB-SEEKERS SUGGESTED THAT THEY WERE FITHER ALREADY IN EMPLOYMENT OR WERE NOT INTERESTED IN THESE JOBS, HE EXPLAINED.
FOR THOSE WORKERS WHO HAD SHOWN INTEREST IN THE JOBS, MR CHAN SAID THE LES HAD MADE 3,488 REFERRALS FOR THEM TO BE INTERVIEWED BY PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYERS.
"AS A RESULT, 328 WORKERS HAVE BEEN PLACED IN EMPLOYMENT, REPRESENTING 9.4 PER CENT OF THE NUMBER OF REFERRALS MADE, HE SAID.
**
MR CHAN NOTED THAT IN 1991, THE LES PLACED A TOTAL OF 17,721 WORKERS IN JOBS THROUGH 90,899 REFERRALS, WHICH REPRESENTED A PLACEMENT RATE OF 19.5 PER CENT.
"THE LOWER PLACEMENT RATE IN THE LABOUR IMPORTATION SCHEME CAN BE ACCOUNTED FOR PARTLY BY THE WORKERS' DECLINE TO ACCEPT EMPLOYMENT OFFER ON 738 OCCASIONS.
"IN ADDITION, THERE ARE 526 CASES IN WHICH WORKERS FAILED TO ATTEND JOB INTERVIEWS ARRANGED FOR THEM, HE SAID.
"
ON THE OTHER HAND, MR CHAN POINTED OUT, EMPLOYERS REFUSED ΤΟ TAKE ON WORKERS REFERRED TO THEM BY THE LES IN 1,290 CASES.
/"WE HAVE