TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1993
FOR
I AM NOT AWARE, MYSELF, OF OFFICIALS HAVING PUT TO ME PROPOSALS IS THE CHANGES BUT I WILL CERTAINLY LOOK INTO THAT TO SEE IF IT CASE. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE PROCEDURES ARE LIKELY TO BE REVIEWED IN WHICH IS THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR AND I AM SURE THAT THE DISTINCTION
CAN BE MADE BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AND BUSINESS PROPERTIES CONSIDERED AT THAT TIME.
MR PANG CHUN-HOI:
IN YOUR POLICY ADDRESS, MR GOVERNOR, YOU HAVE PUT IN $300 MILLION FOR THE RE-TRAINING FUND AND THIS SHOWS THEIR JOBS. THE CONCERN OF THE GOVERNMENT FOR THOSE WHO ARE LOSING
SEX, AND YET AT THIS POINT REGARDING THE EMPLOYERS' NEEDS, REGARDING
AGE, THERE SEEM ΤΟ AND
BE CERTAIN QUALIFICATIONS ACADEMIC
THEREFORE RESTRICTIONS. THE GOVERNMENT IS ALSO IMPORTING LABOUR AND
THEY THE MIDDLE-AGED WORKERS WHO ARE BEING RE-TRAINED ARE AFFECTED.
THEREFORE THEY CAN'T HAVE A VERY LOW EDUCATION STANDARD TOO, AND REALLY BENEFIT FROM THE EXISTING RE-TRAINING SCHEME.
GOVERNMENT HAVE IN M) QUESTION IS: WHAT FLANS DOES THE
WHO HAVE AND
VERY LOW ORDER то HELP THOSE WHO ARE MIDDLE-AGED EDUCATION STANDARDS, BECAUSE THEY ARE IN A VERY DIRE POSITION?
ΤΟ CO-ORDINATE AT THE SAME TIME, WOULD YOU CONSIDER AN AD HOC GROUP
WILL
THE GOVERNMENT THE
OF DEPLOYMENT
MANPOWER?
GOVERNMENT IMPORTATION
SCHEME, AND WILL THE COMPREHENSIVE LONG-TERM LABOUR POLICY?
OF LABOUR
AND
REVIEW
THE SET UP A
SO MY
то HELP
AT THE SAME TIME, WOULD YOU CONSIDER AN AD HOC GROUP THE DEPLOYMENT OF MANPOWER? WILL. THE
REVIEW GOVERNMENT
OF IMPORTATION
SCHEME, LABOUR
AND WILL THE GOVERNMENT SET COMPREHENSIVE LONG TERM LABOUR POLICY?
HAVE WHAT PLANS DOES THE
IN QUESTION IS:
GOVERNMENT AND WHO ARE MIDDLE-AGED THOSE ORDER
WHO HAVE VERY LOW AND EDUCATION STANDARDS, BECAUSE THEY ARE IN A VERY DIRE POSITION?
ΤΟ CO-ORDINATE
THE
UP
A
THE
GOVERNOR:
I
THINK THAT
IT IS
IMPORTANT IN
LIKE
THE
FACTS,
WORK. WITHOUT
IN THE WHO ARE AT THAT THE SCHEME IS
A QUESTION LIKE ANSWERING
THAT, WHICH IS OF VERY CONSIDERABLE SIGNIFICANCE FOR HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND FOR ISSUES
ECONOMIC ABATEMENT OF INFLATION. TO REMEMBER SOME OF THE THINK
VACANCIES I
I AM RIGHT IN SAYING THAT THE NUMBER OF LABOUR MARKET CONSIDERABLY EXCEEDS THE NUMBER OF THOSE PRESENT
I THINK I AM ALSO RIGHT IN SAYING NUMBER OF WORKERS BROUGHT IN UNDER THE LABOUR IMPORTATION ALMOST
LOWER CERTAINLY
THAN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THE NUMBER UNEMPLOYED AND THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES. THE NUMBER WHO ARE BROUGHT ONE IN UNDER THE LABOUR IMPORTATION SCHEME REPRESENTS, I THINK, ABOUT
SO IN MY OWN VIEW, PER CENT OF THE TOTAL WORKFORCE IN HONG KONG.
THE COMMUNITY'S
TO
NEED
IN MIND THOSE FACTS WHEN WE KEEP CONCERNS ABOUT LABOUR MARKET ISSUES.
ADDRESS
WE
SUCCESSFULLY
I HAVE GOT NO DOUBT AT ALL THAT IN ORDER TO STAY AS COMPETITIVE AS WE NEED TO BE, AND IN ORDER TO COPE WITH INFLATION AS AS WE WANT TO COPE WITH IT, AND IN ORDER TO PREVENT BEING EXPORTED
EFFECTIVELY
WE ELSEWHERE,
AS POSSIBLE.
MANY TOO
JOBS
HAVE TO USE OUR
SUPPLY AS LABOUR
MEMBER IS AND OF COURSE THE HONOURABLE RIGHT TO SAY THAT THAT INCLUDES THOSE WHO ARE OLDER AND MORE MATURE AS WELL
MIDDLE- AS THOSE WHO ARE YOUNGER. MANY OF US, EVEN IN ADVANCE AGE LIKE MYSELF, DON'T THINK WE ARE ENTIRELY PAST IT AND WOULD HOPE TO BR ABLE TO DEVELOP PERHAPS NEW SKILLS IN THE FUTURE.
/I DO