THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1994
GOVERNOR:
FIRST OF ALL, I THINK A LEVEL OF 1.6 PER GREETED BY MOST OF THE REST OF THE WORLD I THINK THE REST OF THE WORLD WOULD BE A RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT WHICH
UNEMPLOYMENT WOULD BE LYRICAL
ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT
SURPRISE.
DEFINED, I THINK, AS FULL EMPLOYMENT.
RESTRAINTS PARTLY PARTLY
KEYNES
WOULD
CENT WITH VERY
HAVE
SECONDLY, I THINK THERE ARE LABOUR MARKET WHICH WE
NUMBER OF NEED TO HAVE TO ADDRESS IN A
WAYS, SKILLS, THROUGH IMPORTATION, PARTLY THROUGH IMPORTING SPECIAL
THROUGH BETTER VOCATIONAL BETTER EDUCATION, PARTLY THROUGH TRAINING AND PARTLY - AND I PUT CONSIDERABLE EMPHASIS ON THIS AND HAVE AND DONE SO WHEN I HAVE SPOKEN TO TRADE UNION MEMBERS SUCH AS MR PANG THROUGH PARTLY
RE- WHO HAVE COME TO TALK TO ME ABOUT THIS OTHERS TRAINING
THE LAST THINK WE'VE MADE MUCH PROGRESS OVER I WHICH YEARS, BUT HAVE TO DO EVEN BETTER WITH.
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IN
MR MICHAEL HO:
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE GOVERNOR THIS QUESTION. LAST YEAR IN YOUR POLICY ADDRESS YOU PROMISED THAT BETWEEN 1995 AND 1998, IN THIS UPGC TRIENNIUM, YOU WILL PROVIDE 160 DEGREE NURSING PLACES. NOW THESE PLACES SHOULD BE PROVIDED AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE OF COURSE, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE WORKFORCE TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. THIS MORNING I RECEIVED SOME INFORMATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG SAYING THAT THE UPGC SAYS THAT THE ADMISSION OF STUDENTS WILL ONLY TAKE PLACE IN 1996. BUT THEN THEY SAY THAT IN FACT THEY CAN HAVE ADMISSION OF STUDENTS AS EARLY AS IN SO
TO WILL YOU INSTRUCT YOUR GOVERNMENT AND THE UPGC NOT TIME AND TO TRY TO INTRODUCE THESE COURSES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE?
1995.
WASTE
$1.1
THIS
YOUR GOVERNMENT, LAST YEAR, ALLOCATED BILLION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NORTH DISTRICT HOSPITAL AND YEAR WE ARE TOLD THAT YOU WILL USE $1.2 BILLION TO BUILD THE TSEUNG KWAN O HOSPITAL. YOU ONLY NEED A FEW MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE NURSING OF PROGRAMMES, WHAT ARE THE DIFFICULTIES? IS THERE A PROBLEM DEGREE
CO-ORDINATION?
GOVERNOR:
THE
QUESTION
NURSING.
THAT I
THE
I WILL CERTAINLY LOOK INTO THE HONOURABLE MEMBER RAISED ABOUT DEGREE COURSES FOR RECOGNISE HIS INTEREST IN AND EXPERTISE IN THIS PARTICULAR SUBJECT AND AND INCREASE HIS REQUEST THAT WE SHOULD BOTH IMPROVE NURSE TRAINING
OF THE
OF NURSES AND MAKE SURE THAT A HIGHER PROPORTION NUMBER CONTENT OF NURSE TRAINING IS IN THE LECTURE ROOM WITH PERHAPS SLIGHTLY GOOD LESS BEING SPENT ON THE WARD, ALL THOSE POINTS WE HAVE TAKEN IN
AND PART
ARE SEEKING TO IMPLEMENT.
IT I THINK THAT
IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO RECRUIT MORE NURSES NOT JUST REPLACE THOSE WHO LEAVE US - SOME,
SOME, ALAS, TO EMIGRATE BUT ALSO TO ADD ABSOLUTELY TO THE NUMBERS. AND THE HONOURABLE MEMBER WILL KNOW THAT WE TOP ARE COMMITTED TO INCREASING THE NUMBER OF NURSES BY 500 A YEAR ON OF ANY REPLACEMENTS WE NEED FOR WASTAGE.
TO
THE HONOURABLE MEMBER WILL ALSO KNOW, AS I HAVE MENTIONED, THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO GIVE NURSES A BIT MORE TIME IN THE CLASSROOM AND THAT WE ARE ALSO ATTEMPTING TO ENsure thaT THEY HAVE SOME OF THE, AS IT WERE, NON-MEDICAL ROUTINE TAKEN OUT OF THEIR JOB BY THE EMPLOYMENT OF OTHER MEDICAL AUXILIARIES. BUT THE PARTICULAR POINT ON DEGREE COURSES THAT HE MENTIONED CERTAINLY HAD NOT BEEN RAISED WITH
MEMBER ME BEFORE BUT I WILL LOOK INTO IT AND GIVE THE HONOURABLE REPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
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/MR VINCENT CHENG: