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MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1994
CONSULTATION ON LICENSING ESTATE AGENTS ENDS
VIEWS
RECEIVED
ON ITS
THE WORKING GROUP ON REGULATION OF ESTATE AGENTS HAS FROM A WIDE CROSS SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY RECOMMENDATIONS IN RESPECT OF A REGULATORY SYSTEM FOR THE TRADE IN THE TERRITORY.
DURING THE TWO-MONTH CONSULTATION WHICH ENDED THE WORKING GROUP HAS SO FAR RECEIVED 40 WRITTEN DIFFERENT ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS.
TODAY (MONDAY), SUBMISSIONS FROM
IN ADDITION, A LARGE BODY OF OPINIONS WAS PRESS AND DISCUSSION FORUMS.
EXPRESSED IN THE
THE OPINION MAKERS INCLUDE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, ACADEMICS, TRADE ASSOCIATIONS, THE CONSUMER COUNCIL, PROFESSIONAL BODIES, AND INDIVIDUAL ESTATE AGENTS, WHO IN GENERAL EXPRESSED SUPPORT OF THE WORKING GROUP'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
THE ACTING DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS (HOUSING POLICY), MR WILLIAM SHIU, SAID THE WORKING GROUP COMPRISING REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE TRADE ASSOCIATIONS, THE CONSUMER COUNCIL, THE LAW SOCIETY AND THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION WOULD MEET LATER THIS MONTH TO CONSIDER THE OPINIONS BEFORE SUBMITTING ITS FINAL REPORT TO THE GOVERNMENT.
"WE AIM TO SUBMIT THE DRAFT BILL TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WITHIN THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION, AND ΤΟ
SET UP THE PROPOSED REGULATORY AUTHORITY AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE,' MR SHIU SAID.
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EMPLOYMENT AND VACANCIES STATISTICS IN JUNE RELEASED
COMPARING JUNE 1994 WITH JUNE 1993, THERE WAS CONTINUED GROWTH EMPLOYMENT IN THE VARIOUS SERVICES SECTORS, BUT EMPLOYMENT IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR DECLINED FURTHER.
IN
THIS MAINLY REFLECTED THE CONTINUED RE-ORIENTATION OF THE ECONOMY TOWARDS SERVICES, ALONG WITH THE RELOCATION OF INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES ΤΟ CHINA. MEANWHILE, EMPLOYMENT ON CONSTRUCTION SITES REGISTERED A SLIGHT INCREASE.
VACANCIES IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR FELL FURTHER COMPARED WITH A YEAR EARLIER. BUT VACANCIES IN VARIOUS SERVICES SECTORS AND ON CONSTRUCTION SITES REGISTERED INCREASES OF VARIOUS MAGNITUDES.
ACCORDING TO THE FIGURES RELEASED TODAY (MONDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, THERE WERE 443,500 PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN JUNE 1994, REPRESENTING A DECREASE OF 15.0%
FROM JUNE 1993.
TRADES,
EMPLOYMENT IN THE WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND IMPORT/EXPORT RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR, AT 1,034,000 IN JUNE 1994, WAS 10.9% HIGHER THAN IN JUNE 1993.
EMPLOYMENT IN THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR, AT 351,200, WAS UP BY 7.3% OVER A
AND
YEAR
EARLIER.
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