WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1994
10
* TO INSTALL
OPTICAL
CLEARANCE EXTEND
READERS KONG OF HONG THE DEVICE
IN SEPTEMBER
IDENTITY
TO
UP
ΤΟ
ΤΟ SPEED
CARD
AND HOLDERS, VISITORS HOLDING MACHINE-READABLE
PASSPORTS NEXT YEAR.
ON THE CLEARING
MR ASPREY SAID THE EXISTING MANNING SCALES WERE BASED
92 TARGET
CENT THAT
PER
PEOPLE OF THE OVERALL IMMIGRATION SHOULD NORMALLY QUEUE FOR NO LONGER THAN HALF AN HOUR.
SAME
THE NUMBER OF COUNTERS AT KAI TAK IS 166 AND THAT AT LO WU 88. KAI TAK HAS ALMOST TWICE AS MANY IN NUMBER.
THE WAITING HALLS AT KAI TAK ARE ALSO THOSE AT LO WỤ, WITH 4,600 AND 4,400 SQUARE METRES RESPECTIVELY.
IS
SLIGHTLY BIGGER THAN
WU EVERY
THERE ARE TWICE AS MANY TRAVELLERS GOING THROUGH LO DAY AS THROUGH KAI TAK.
MR ASPREY SAID THE
REASON
ALL OF ALMOST FOR THIS WAS THAT
WERE HONG KONG RESIDENTS AND
VISITORS THAN OVERSEAS
WHO
THE TRAVELLERS PASSING THROUGH LO WU
FOR LESS TIMK
CLEARANCE NEEDED MUCH WERE THE MAJORITY OF PASSENGERS AT KAI TAK.
"THEREFORE,
WU," HE SAID.
LESS SPACE AND FEWER FACILITIES ARE REQUIRED AT LO
AGREEMENTS CONSISTENT WITH NON-INTERFERING POLICY
NOT
PUBLIC UTILITY THE CURRENT SCHEME OF CONTROL AGREEMENTS WITH COMPANIES ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S OVERALL POLICY OF INTERFERING IN THE WAY IN WHICH THESE COMPANIES RUN THEIR BUSINESSES.
THEREFORE, THE AGREEMENTS, WHICH ENTERED INTO FORCE ON OCTOBER CONTAIN NO RESPECTIVELY, 1 THIS YEAR 1 LAST YEAR AND JANUARY
LICENCE FOR CABLE AND TO SIMILAR
THE ONE IN THE 1981 CONDITIONS WIRELESS (HONG KONG) LTD.
ECONOMIC SERVICES,
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR GORDON SIU, IN A REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON SAMUEL WONG IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY]
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MR
THE
ARE IN
THE 1981 CONDITION PROVIDES THAT "WHEN FILLING ANY GRADE WITHIN ITS ESTABLISHMENT THE LICENSEE WILL GIVE PREFERENCE TO THE RECRUITMENT AND APPOINTMENT OF LOCALLY ENGAGED STAFF PROVIDED THAT SUCH STAFF
AND QUALIFICATIONS PARTICULAR THE LICENSEE WILL EMPLOY AN EXPATRIATE OFFICER ONLY IF SUITABLE LOCAL CANDIDATE IS AVAILABLE OR IS LIKELY TO BECOME AVAILABLE IN THE REASONABLY NEAR FUTURE'.
CONSIDERED
SUITABLE AND HAVE THE NECESSARY
NO
WAS TO BEEN
MR SIU SAID THE ORIGINAL AIM OF THE LICENCE CONDITION REDUCE CABLE AND WIRELESS'S DEPENDENCE ON OVERSEAS SECONDEES HAD ACHIEVED.
SINCE 1982, THE NUMBER OF EXPATRIATE STAFF
MANAGERIAL COMPANY HAS DECLINED FROM 40 PER CENT OF UNDER 10 PER CENT.
EMPLOYED BY THE
LEVEL STAFF
ΤΟ
/WITH THE
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