WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1993
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EMPLOYMENT VISAS FOR OVERSEAS WORKERS
THE NUMBER OF PERSONS ALLOWED ENTRY INTO HONG KONG TO TAKE EMPLOYMENT IN THE PAST THREE YEARS TOTALLED 48,762 IN 1990, 44, 351 1991 AND 61,851 IN 1992, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, JOHN CHAN, INFORMED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON LAU CHIN-SHEK, CHAN SAID THE NUMBERS WERE CLASSIFIED UNDER SEVERAL CATEGORIES.
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UNDER THE GENERAL LABOUR IMPORTATION SCHEME, 12,843 PERSONS WERE GRANTED EMPLOYMENT VISAS IN 1990 AND 11,227 IN 1992. NO QUOTA WAS ANNOUNCED DURING 1991.
AS FOR THE SPECIAL IMPORTATION OF LABOUR SCHEME FOR THE NEW AIRPORT PROJECTS, 34 EMPLOYMENT VISAS WERE ACTUALLY ISSUED IN 1991 AND 352 IN 1992.
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ABOVE TWO CATEGORIES, 11,859 PERSONS WITH SPECIAL SKILL FROM OVERSEAS HAD BEEN ISSUED WORK PERMITS IN 1990. THE CORRESPONDING FIGURES FOR 1991 AND 1992 WERE 13,073 AND 12,941 RESPECTIVELY.
MR CHAN ALSO NOTED THAT 2,746 PERSONS WERE ALLOWED ENTRY OVERSEAS TO UNDERTAKE TRAINING IN HONG KONG IN 1991 AND THAT FOR WAS 4,342.
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OF THE REMAINING EMPLOYMENT VISAS ISSUED, THE MAJORITY GRANTED TO DOMESTIC HELPERS 24,060 IN 1990, 28, 198 IN 1991 AND 32,989 IN 1992.
LOCAL RECRUITMENT OF NURSES SATISFACTORY
BOTH THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ARE SATISFIED WITH THE OUTCOME OF THEIR LOCAL RECRUITMENT DRIVES FOR NURSES, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, INFORMED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
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IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON TAM YIU-CHUNG, MRS SAID OTHER THAN THE 150 OVERSEAS NURSES APPROVED BY THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION IN OCTOBER 1990, NO OVERSEAS RECRUITMENT EXERCISE WAS BEING CONSIDERED FOR THE TIME BEING.
SHE RECALLED THAT THE APPROVAL WAS AN INTERIM MEASURE AT THAT TIME TO ALLEVIATE THE PREVAILING SHORTAGE OF NURSES.
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"THE GOVERNMENT'S APPROACH TOWARDS THE RECRUITMENT OF OVERSEAS NURSES IS DEVELOPED IN LINE WITH ITS OVERALL RECRUITMENT POLICY SHE SAID, ADDING THAT CONSIDERATION WOULD NORMALLY NOT BE GIVEN ΤΟ OVERSEAS RECRUITMENT UNLESS THERE WAS DIFFICULTY IN LOCAL RECRUITMENT.
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