TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1994
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ARE COMMITTED
"FURTHER REVISIONS OF THE IMPORTED LABOUR CEILING TO 27,000 MAY IMPLEMENTED WHEN ALL THE OTHER REMAINING ACP WORKS AND FUNDED AND AFTER TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE TAKE-UP RATE FIRST REVISION AND THE CHANGES IN THE LABOUR MARKET THAT PLACE SINCE THEN, MR LAM SAID.
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UNDER THE HAVE TAKEN
EVEN IF
"THE NEW CEILING IS A PROSPECTIVE PEAK FIGURE WHICH, REACHED, WILL BE MAINTAINED FOR RELATIVELY SHORT PERIODS OF TIME.
"IT WILL NOT RESULT IN ANY PERMANENT INCREASE IN THE LEVEL OF SCHEME IMPORTED LABOUR IN HONG KONG AS WORKERS ADMITTED UNDER THE ACP
FOR A TO STAY IN HONG KONG MAY
BE ALLOWED ONLY EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS OF TWO YEARS EACH, HE SAID.
MAXIMUM
OF TWO
MR LAM SAID ACCORDING TO THE TERRITORY'S LABOUR PROJECTIONS FOR 59,000 1996, OF THE 62,000 LOCAL CONSTRUCTION SITE WORKERS AVAILABLE, WILL BE EMPLOYED IN NON-ACP PROJECTS.
THIS LEAVES ONLY 3,000 LOCAL SITE WORKERS AVAILABLE FOR THE ACP
PROJECTS.
ALL ACP 30,000.
THE
ON THE
THE PEAK DEMANDS FOR LABOUR FOR OTHER HAND, WHICH
AROUND PROJECTS,
WOULD OCCUR IN 1996, WOULD BE SHORTFALL OF 27,000 MAY HAVE TO BE MET BY IMPORTED LABOUR.
IN RECENT PROJECTS HAD AROUND 58,000
"THE MARKET FOR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS HAS TIGHTENED MONTHS AS WORK ON THE TERRITORY'S MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE
CONSTRUCTION SITE EMPLOYMENT TOTALS INTENSIFIED. RECENTLY," MR LAM SAID.
IN
A SPECIAL SCHEME FOR IMPORTING UP TO 2,000 CONSTRUCTION WORKERS
RAISED THE CEILING WAS ON ACP SITES WAS INTRODUCED IN MAY 1990. JANUARY LAST YEAR TO 5,500.
BY NEXT MONTH, THE NUMBER OF WORKERS IMPORTED UNDER THE WILL REACH 5,195.
SCHEME
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LAST FRIDAY (NOVEMBER AT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING
APPROVAL TO PROCEED WITH MEMBERS WERE INFORMED THAT WITH FINANCIAL
THERE WOULD BE URGENT NEED AIRPORT RAILWAY WORKS,
TO RAISE THE AMOUNT CEILING OF THE SCHEME TO COPE WITH THE SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED OF WORKS THAT WOULD NOW HAVE BEEN FUNDED AND COMMITTED.
MR LAM SAID THE CRITERIA UNDER WHICH THE SCHEME OPERATED SHOULD ENSURE THAT JOBS WERE NOT TAKEN AWAY FROM LOCAL WORKERS AND THAT LOCAL WAGES ARE NOT UNDERCUT.
COMPREHENSIVE MEASURES ARE IN PLACE TO SAFEGUARD THE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES OF LOCAL WORKERS.
WORKS
CONTRACTS
MAY UNDER
"CONTRACTORS WHO HAVE BEEN AWARDED ACP APPLY TO THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT FOR IMPORTATION OF WORKERS THE SCHEME.
VACANCIES WITH
"AS
A PRE-REQUISITE, THEY MUST REGISTER THEIR THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT FOR APPLICATION BY LOCAL JOB-SEEKERS.
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"THIS IS TO ENSURE THAT JOB OFFERS WILL BE MADE INDIVIDUAL LOCAL WORKERS PRIOR TO GIVING APPROVAL TO IMPORT LABOUR, MR LAM SAID.
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