WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1994
"MANY OF WHOM ARE IN A POSITION TO INFLUENCE THE FORMULATION OF U.S. TRADE AND ECONOMIC POLICIES OF DIRECT RELEVANCE AND IMPORTANCE TO HONG KONG, SAID MR CHAU.
THE COMMISSIONER HAS ALSO ANSWERED A WIDE RANGE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT DEVELOPMENTS IN HONG KONG AND EXPLAINED THE SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS BEING PUT IN PLACE TO ENSURE HONG KONG'S STABILITY AND PROSPERITY AFTER 1997.
MR CHAU ADDED THAT THE COMMISSIONER HAD TRAVELLED WIDELY ACROSS THE U.S., CULTIVATING SUPPORT FOR HONG KONG THROUGH SPEECHES, PRESENTATIONS, MEDIA INTERVIEWS AND MEETINGS WITH PEOPLE OF INFLUENCE.
IMPORTING PROFESSIONALS TO MEET BUSINESSES' NEED
IN
THE PILOT SCHEME TO ALLOW 1,000 PROFESSIONALS AND MANAGERS CHINA TO COME TO WORK IN HONG KONG IS DESIGNED TO MEET A PARTICULAR NEED IDENTIFIED BY BUSINESSES OPERATING IN THE TERRITORY.
THE QUOTA OF 1,000 IS A TENTATIVE FIGURE TO ENABLE THE GOVERNMENT TO TEST BOTH THE DEMAND FOR AND THE OPERATION OF THE SCHEME BEFORE ANY CHANGES ARE CONSIDERED.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR MICHAEL LEUNG, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON TIMOTHY HA WING-HO IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SAID THE EMPLOYING
IN CONSIDERING APPLICATIONS FOR ENTRY, MR LEUNG IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT WOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHETHER THE COMPANY HAD A GENUINE NEED FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF A CHINESE NATIONAL AND WHETHER IT HAD TAKEN ANY ACTIVE STEPS TO RECRUIT LOCALLY, BUT IN VAIN.
THE DEPARTMENT WILL ALSO CONSIDER WHETHER THE APPLICANT'S EXPERIENCES AND QUALIFICATIONS ARE RELEVANT TO THE POST WHICH HE OR SHE WILL FILL, AND WHETHER THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT ARE COMPARABLE TO THOSE PREVAILING IN THE MARKET.
"AS APPLICATIONS WILL BE DETERMINED BY BALLOT, ALL EMPLOYERS WILL STAND THE SAME CHANCE UNDER THE SCHEME.
"NO PREFERENCE WILL BE GIVEN TO A PARTICULAR
DISCIPLINE," HE SAID.
INDUSTRY OR
UNDER THE SCHEME, ONLY GRADUATES OF 36 KEY TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS WHICH ARE IDENTIFIABLE AND REPUTABLE INSTITUTIONS UNDER THE STATE EDUCATION COMMISSION IN CHINA ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY.
THIS IS TO KEEP THE SCOPE OF THE EXPERIMENT WITHIN MANAGEABLE PROPORTION AND TO MINIMISE POSSIBLE ABUSES, MR LEUNG SAID.
APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED BY GRADUATES INSTITUTIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED, HE ADDED.
OF OTHER
TERTIARY
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