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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26,
1994
TIGHT.
THE FACT IS THAT THE LABOUR MARKET REMAINS UNEMPLOYMENT, WE SHALL CONTINUE TO REQUIRE A REASONABLE LABOUR TO BE IMPORTED. BUT THE LONG TERM SOLUTION TO LABOUR MUST LIE WITH PRODUCTIVITY INCREASE, WE THEREFORE CALL FOR AND EMPLOYEES TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THEIR PRODUCTION ADOPT EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, AND TO DO BETTER, OWN EMPLOYEES IN ORDER TO COPE WITH THE GIVEN CONSTRAINT.
AT 2.3% AMOUNT OF SHORTAGE EMPLOYERS
PROCESS, TO TRAIN THEIR
RETRAINING THAT THOSE
ON OUR PART, WE SHALL CONTINUE TO PROMOTE EMPLOYEES VIGOROUSLY, THROUGH THE EMPLOYEES RETRAINING BOARD, SO WORKERS WHO HAVE BEEN DISPLACED MAY REJOIN THE WORKFORCE AS QUICKLY AS 32,000 POSSIBLE. THE BOARD HAS DONE A REMARKABLE JOB IN PUTTING
EXIT SURVEYS HAVE PEOPLE THROUGH THEIR TRAINING COURSES IN 18 MONTHS.
ABOUT ALSO INDICATED THAT, FOR THOSE WHO WERE ACTIVELY SEEKING JOBS, 70% HAVE SUCCEEDED. THE BOARD WILL SHORTLY PROVIDE FOLLOW UP SERVICES
TO WHO
FIND JOBS ARE NOT ABLE FOR RETRAINING. A PILOT SCHEME IS ALREADY UNDER WAY.
RETRAINEES
AFTER
COMPLETING
THE
US AS BEING UNFAIR IN CRITICISED HAVE SOME MEMBERS
INDUSTRIES ALLOCATION OF QUOTAS TO THE MANUFACTURING AND THE HOTEL
THIS IS NOT SO. OUR UNDER THE GENERAL LABOUR IMPORTATION SCHEME.
TAKES QUOTA ALLOCATION IS MADE ACCORDING TO A PUBLISHED FORMULA WHICH
LABOUR VACANCIES,
UTILISATION, INTO ACCOUNT FOUR KEY PARAMETERS : WAGES AND ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION. THE LOGIC BEHIND THE FORMULA IS MAKE SURE THAT THE QUOTAS ARE ASSIGNED TO THOSE SECTORS MOST IN AND ARE ABLE TO MAKE THE BEST ECONOMIC USE OF THEM. RESULTS HAVE SO FAR MATCHED THIS AIM BROADLY.
TO NEED
THE ALLOCATION
OF THE EVEN
QUOTA BETTER IN ESTABLISHED
A WE
REVIEW SHALL UNDERTAKE NEVERTHELESS, ALLOCATION SYSTEM TO SEE WHETHER AND HOW WE CAN DO OPTIMISING THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF OUR QUOTAS WITHIN THE CEILING.
BY I CANNOT LEAVE THIS SUBJECT WITHOUT CORRECTING A POINT MADE
FAULTED A MEMBER WHO CLAIMED THAT OUR UNEMPLOYMENT STATISTICS ARE
NUMBER OF POTENTIAL BECAUSE "GOVERNMENT HAS CLASSIFIED A LARGE
WITH RESPECT, THIS IS EMPLOYEES AS BEING OUTSIDE THE LABOUR FORCE".
HONG KONG'S UNEMPLOYMENT AN UNINFORMED VIEW. THE METHOD BY WHICH
STATISTICAL RATES IS COMPILED CONFORMS WITH INTERNATIONALLY ACCEPTED APPROACH STANDARDS AND IS CONSISTENTLY DONE THROUGH THE YEARS. NO ONE IS BEING EXCLUDED ARBITRARILY FROM THE LABOUR FORCE IN THE COMPILATION PROCESS.
INDUSTRIAL SAFETY
A FINALLY, MY SPEECH WILL NOT BE COMPLETE WITHOUT REFERRING TO
WE WILL GIVE THESE MEMBER'S SUGGESTIONS TO ENHANCE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY.
INDUSTRIAL SAFETY IS AN SUGGESTIONS FULL AND CAREFUL CONSIDERATION.
NEED FULL AREA WHERE WE NEED TO DO SUBSTANTIALLY MORE, AND WHERE WE
EMPLOYEES. AND
SHALL BE WE EMPLOYERS CO-OPERATION FROM BOTH
SAFETY PRACTICES, LABOUR UNDERTAKING A MAJOR REVIEW ON INDUSTRIAL
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LEGISLATION AND PRACTICES AND WILL ANNOUNCE OUR COMMENTS BY THE AUTUMN OF 1995.
THANK YOU.
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