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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1986

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POLICY REVIEW ON DOMESTIC HELPERS COMPLETED

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THE REVIEW OF EXISTING POLICY ON OVERSEAS DOMESTIC HELPERS HAS PROVED TO BE A MUCH MORE COMPLICATED AND CONTENTIOUS ISSUE THAN EXPECTED, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON DAVID JEAFFRESON, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON RITA FAN, HE SAID THE REVIEW HAD BEEN COMPLETED AND THE RESULTS PUT TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL FOR ADVICE.

+THAT PROVISION SHOULD BE INTRODUCED TO MAKE IT OBLIGATORY FOR FOREIGN DOMESTIC HELPERS TO RETURN TO THEIR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE TERMINATION OF EACH CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT HAS BEEN CONSIDERED IN THIS REVIEW, HE ADDED.

LINKED CONTRACTS FOR GOVERNMENT STAFF EXPLAINED

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A LINKED CONTRACT FOR GOVERNMENT CONTRACT STAFF IS OFFERED ONLY WHEN IT IS JUSTIFIED BY THE STAFFING POSITION OF THE GRADE CONCERNED. FOR OVERSEAS OFFICERS, IT MUST ALSO BE ESTABLISHED THAT A LOCAL REPLACEMENT WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE DURING THE PERIOD COVERED BY THE LINKED CONTRACT, THE ACTING CHIEF SECRETARY, THE HON PIERS JACOBS, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON POON CHI-FAI, MR JACOBS SAID THAT LINKED CONTRACTS WERE VERY RARELY OFFERED ON FIRST APPOINTMENT, AND EVEN ON RENEWAL OF CONTRACT, SUCH TERMS HAD BECOME THE EXCEPTION RATHER THAN THE RULE.

DURING THE PERIOD 1983-84 TO 1985-86, A TOTAL OF 5 135 CONTRACTS WERE RENEWED, OF THIS NUMBER,

OF THIS NUMBER, THE DETAILED BREAKDOWN OF LINKED-CONTRACT AGREEMENTS OFFERED WERE:

YEAR

OVERSEAS OFFICERS

LOCAL OFFICERS

NUMBER

PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF OVERSEAS AGREEMENT OFFICERS

NUMBER

PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF LOCAL AGREEMENT OFFICERS

1983-84

111

9.1

12

4.9

1984-85

106

8.3

6

2.0

1985-86

53

4.7

17

9.4

270

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