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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1994
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IMPORT OF MANAGERS FROM CHINA
FOLLOWING IS A QUESTION BY THE HON NGAI SHIU-KIT AND A REPLY BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR LAM WOON-KWONG, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY):
QUESTION : THE
RESPONSE то THE
SCHEME OF IMPORTING GRADUATE PROFESSIONALS AND MANAGERS FROM CHINA HAS BEEN ENTHUSIASTIC AND AND THE NUMBERS OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED IN THE FIRST SECOND PHASES ARE EIGHT AND NINE TIMES THOSE OF THE QUOTA RESPECTIVELY. IN VIEW OF THIS, WILL THE GOVERNMENT INFORM THIS COUNCIL :
(A)
(B)
OF
RECEIVED
THE RESPECTIVE BREAKDOWN OF APPLICATIONS IN THE FIRST AND SECOND PHASES BY PROFESSION AND POST;
WHETHER IT WILL CONSIDER INCREASING THE EXISTING QUOTA OF 1,000 WHEN THE SCHEME IS REVIEWED IN THE FUTURE; AND
REPLY:
(C)
WHETHER IT BALLOTING
WILL CONSIDER
CHANGING
THE
SYSTEM USED IN THE ALLOCATION OF THAT SEPARATE QUOTA CAN BE SET FOR PROFESSIONS TO MEET ACTUAL MARKET DEMAND?
MR PRESIDENT,
EXISTING QUOTA INDIVIDUAL
SO
(A)
THE RESPECTIVE BREAKDOWN OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED THE FIRST AND SECOND PHASES BY PROFESSION AND POST ARE AT ANNEX 1 AND 2;
IN
(B)
THE GOVERNMENT WILL EXAMINE THE ADEQUACY OF EXISTING QUOTA OF 1,000 WHEN THE SCHEME IS REVIEWED; AND
THE
USED
(C) AS PART OF THE REVIEW, THE GOVERNMENT WILL EXAMINE THE
APPROPRIATENESS OF THE EXISTING BALLOTING SYSTEM IN THE ALLOCATION OF QUOTA.
/ANNEX 1
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