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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1993
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ACCIDENT
RATE
THE OVERALL INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT RATE AND FATAL FOR ACP PROJECTS ARE 90 PER 1,000 WORKERS PER YEAR AND 0.54 PER 1,000 WORKERS PER YEAR RESPECTIVELY.
RATES
FOR OTHER
CURRENT
THE CORRESPONDING CONTRACTS UP TO THE END OF 1992 ARE ROUGHLY 99 AND 0.71.
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CHINESE CHILDREN TO BE SETTLED BY STAGES
*
PUBLIC
WORKS
OF OPTIONS ΤΟ IN CHINA ΤΟ
THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN CONSIDERING A NUMBER ALLOW CHILDREN BORN TO HONG KONG RESIDENTS AND LIVING SETTLE IN HONG KONG BY STAGES BEFORE 1997, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR ASPREY, SAID.
THE AIM
1997. IN INFLUX IS ΤΟ AVOID A SUDDEN LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS WHEN REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE CHIN-SHEK.
HE TOLD HON LAU
IMPACT "IN SO DOING, WE HAVE ALSO BEEN TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE
CHINA ON PUBLIC OF ANY ADDITIONAL IMMIGRATION INTO HONG KONG FROM
SERVICES, SERVICES, PARTICULARLY EDUCATION, HEALTH AND OTHER SOCIAL
MR ASPREY SAID.
THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF ENTRY FROM CHINA ON ONE-WAY OPERATED BY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT.
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PERMITS IS
THEM SHORTLY THE "I EXPECT THAT WE WILL BE DISCUSSING WITH
SPREAD POSSIBILITY OF INCREASING THE ONE-WAY PERMIT QUOTA TO HELP TO THE ARRIVAL OF THESE CHILDREN WHO WILL ACQUIRE THE RIGHT OF ABODE 1997," HE SAID.
IN
THE GOVERNMENT ESTIMATES THAT ABOUT 75,000 CHILDREN WILL BECOME HONG KONG PERMANENT RESIDENTS IN 1997.
IN CHINA
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MORE FUNDS FOR RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
* * * *
THE LEVEL OF FUNDING FOR EARMARKED RESEARCH GRANTS TO THE SEVEN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS FUNDED BY THE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS
AS COMMITTEE,
APPROVED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, RANGES FROM $122 MILLION FOR THE 1992/93 ACADEMIC YEAR TO $156 MILLION FOR 1993/94 AND $144 MILLION FOR 1994/95.
HOWEVER, OCTOBER,
AS ANNOUNCED BY THE GOVERNOR IN HIS POLICY ADDRESS LAST
FUNDS PROVIDED FOR 1993/94 AND
WOULD 1994/95
ВЕ INCREASED BY OVER 20 PER CENT IN REAL TERMS, WITH A SUM OF $180 MILLION TO BE PROVIDED IN 1994/95.
"APPROVAL FOR THE PROPOSED INCREASE TO THE LEVEL OF FUNDING FOR THAT 1994/95 WILL BE SOUGHT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE DRAFT ESTIMATES FOR YEAR, SAID THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR MICHARL LEUNG, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON CHEUNG MAN-KWONG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
/MR LEUNG