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WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1992
COSTS FOR OVERSEAS RECRUITMENT OF AOS JUSTIFIED
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THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO RECRUIT A PROPORTION ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS FROM AMONG HONG KONG PEOPLE LIVING OR STUDYING ABROAD, THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE. MR BARRIE WIGGHAM, SAID.
REPLYING ΤΟ A QUESTION BY DR THE HON LEONG CHE-HUNG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY}, MR WIGGHAM SAID:
"THE JUSTIFICATION FOR RECRUITING ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS OVERSEAS IS THAT WE WISH TO TAP THE POOL OF TALENT FORMED BY THE CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF HONG KONG PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING OR STUDYING ABROAD.
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"ON THE WHOLE, THE RESULTS OBTAINED HAVE BEEN VERY WORTHWHILE.
TEN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS WERE RECRUITED FROM OVERSEAS IN 1989/90, ONLY THREE IN 1990/91, AND NINE WILL BE RECRUITED IN 1991/92.
A THE COSTS MAY APPEAR HIGH ON A PER CAPITA BASIS IN ALTHOUGH YEAR OF LOW RECRUITMENT, THERE ARE SUBSEQUENT SAVINGS TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.
MR WIGGHAM EXPLAINED: "OFFICERS EDUCATED ABROAD, UNLIKE THEIR LOCALLY RECRUITED COUNTERPARTS, ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR OVERSEAS TRAINING IN THEIR FIRST FEW YEARS OF SERVICE.
"A FURTHER POINT IS THAT WE ARE RECRUITING PEOPLE WITH THE INTENTION THAT THEY SHOULD SPEND A FULL CAREER WITH US.
"THIS APPROACH WARRANTS A HIGHER
RECRUITMENT."
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ELIGIBILITY TO SEVERANCE PAYMENT DETERMINED BY EXTENT OF HARDSHIP
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THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR JOHN CHAN, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT THE SEVERANCE PAYMENT ENTITLEMENT то A WORKER IS NOT SOLELY DEPENDENT UPON WHETHER THE CHANGE OF WORKPLACE INVOLVES CROSSING THE HARBOUR OR WHETHER THERE DISMISSAL.
"IT IS, THE EXTENT OF HARDSHIP CAUSED THAT WILL ELIGIBILITY TO SEVERANCE PAYMENT," HE EXPLAINED.
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EMPLOYMENT SEEKS TO ORDINANCE
MR CHAN WAS SPEAKING AT THE RESUMED DEBATE ON THE (AMENDMENT) (NO. 4) BILL 1992 WHICH, AMONG OTHER THINGS, REMOVE THE "CROSS-HARBOUR" PROVISION UNDER THE PRINCIPAL THAT ENTITLES AN EMPLOYEE TO CLAIM SEVERANCE PAYMENT IF HIS EMPLOYMENT IS TERMINATED AS A RESULT OF HIS EMPLOYER MOVING THE WORKPLACE ACROSS THE HARBOUR.
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