WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1994
"BUT IT ALSO, IN THE MORE IMMEDIATE
FUTURE,
WHICH WE SENSE PUT THE
SPECULATION. IT CONTAINS A NUMBER OF MEASURES HELP TO REDUCE SPECULATION, AND IN THAT BETTER BASE AND TAKE SOME OF THE HEAT OUT OF THE MARKET,
DEALS THINK WOULD MARKET ON
HE SAID.
WITH
A
PACKAGE WAS TOO IN RESPONSE TO COMMENTS THAT THE
MILD, SIR NUMBER OF DIFFERENT HAMISH SAID THIS WAS AN AREA WHERE THERE WERE A INTERESTS INVOLVED.
"SOME WANT THE MARKET TO GO DOWN, SOME WANT IT TO GO WANT IT TO BE STABLE.
UP.
SOME
THOSE
"BUT I BELIEVE THE PACKAGE IS A VERY GOOD ONE. I BELIEVE MEASURES ARE VERY SIGNIFICANT, HE SAID.
"
ON RATES AT THE
LEGISLATIVE
REFERRING TO THE MOTION DEBATE COUNCIL TODAY, SIR HAMISH SAID THE MOTION WAS A MISGUIDED ONE.
A
RIGHTLY, го HAVR "FIRST OF ALL, IT IS VERY UNUSUAL, QUITE
OF THE MOTION, AND MOTION REPROVING THE GOVERNOR, TO USE THE WORDS
IS USED FOR IT WILL CEASE TO HAVE VERY MUCH IMPACT IF SUCH A MOTION
WHICH AN ISSUE
IS FRANKLY NO'T A MAJOR
OR POLICY
MAJOR
CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUE.
RESTS
'SECONDLY, I THINK THAT THE ARGUMENT ON WHICH THE MOTION ABOUT OUR CONSTITUTION IS ALSO QUITE MISLEADING AND OVER SIMPLIFIED,
IS
"THE FACT IS THAT NEITHER THE LEGISLATURE NOR THE EXECUTIVE A RUBBER STAMP. THE SYSTEM ONLY WORKS IF YOU HAVE CHECKS AND BALANCES, IF YOU HAVE A BALANCE OF POWER BETWEEN THE TWO.
LEGCO "WE ARE NOT ASKING
TO BE A RUBBER
BUT STAMP, SHOULD NOT ASK US TO BE A RUBBER STAMP EITHER," HE SAID.
THEY
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250 APPLICATIONS SELECTED FOR ENTRY OF CHINA PROFESSIONALS
‡
THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (WEDNESDAY} THE RESULTS OF THE FIRST BALLOT EXERCISE OF APPLICATIONS FOR ENTRY OF PROFESSIONALS AND MANAGERS FROM CHINA FOR EMPLOYMENT IN HONG KONG.
YEAR, A TOTAL
DEPARTMENT
OF
"DURING THE FIRST PHASE ENDING MAY 31 THIS 2,151 APPLICATIONS WERE RECEIVED," A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SAID.
ARE
FROM THE POPULAR
++
"MORE THAN HALF OF THE APPLICATIONS. CONSTRUCTION AND FINANCE SECTORS AND THE MOST ENGINEERS, ADMINISTRATORS AND MARKETING EXECUTIVES,
TRADING, ARE
JOBS
HE ADDED.
IN THE BALLOT EXERCISE, 250 APPLICATIONS WERE RANDOMLY SELECTED BY COMPUTER FROM THE 2,000 ODD APPLICATIONS RECEIVED.
/"SUCCESSFUL EMPLOYERS