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SUNDAY, MAY 17, 1987

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+IN THE END, EVERY COMPANY WILL SUFFER A HIGHER STAFF COST, INCLUDING THE COST TO PAY FOR RE-TRAINING OF EXPERIENCED JOB-HOPPERS AND A HIGHER STAFF TURN-OVER RATE.+

MR CHAN URGED EMPLOYERS TO CONTACT THE HIGHER EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT SERVİCE (HEES) OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WHICH HAD A LARGE POOL OF JOB-SEEKERS POSSESSING EITHER UNIVERSITY, POST-SECONDARY OR PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS.

+AS AN EMPLOYER, YOU REALLY HOLD THE KEY TO A MORE PROSPEROUS HONG KONG WHICH NEEDS STRONG BASE OF HIGH-CALIBRE AND WELL-TRAINED HUMAN RESOURCES, HE STRESSED.

THE COMMITTEE ON EMPLOYMENT SERVICES WAS SET UP IN 1976 TO ADVISE THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR ON ALL MATTERS RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SERVICES IN HONG KONG. ITS MEMBERS INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES OF EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS.

WITH THE EXPANSION OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE HAS ALSO BEEN EXTENDED TO COVER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AS WELL AS PLACEMENT OF DISABLED PERSONS.

NEW LINK FOR MA ON SHAN AND SAI KUNG

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CONSTRUCTION HAS STARTED ON A SECTION OF THE MA ON SHAN-NAI CHUNG LINK ROAD BETWEEN LOK WO SHA AND NAI CHUNG AS PART OF THE SCHEME TO CONNECT THE EXPANDING NEW TOWN OF SHA TIN/MA ON SHAN WITH THE SCENIC SAI KUNG PENINSULA.

A CAPITAL WORKS ENGINEER OF THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT, MR DAVID ENGLISH, SAID IT WOULD CONNECT THE EXISTING ROAD AT NAI CHUNG WHICH LEADS TO TAI MONG TSAI IN SAI KUNG DISTRICT WITH THE ROAD NETWORK BEING CONSTRUCTED IN THE MA ON SHAN DEVELOPMENT AREA OF SHA TIN NEW TOWN.

HE SAID THE EFFECT OF THIS LINK, WHICH IS ABOUT 1.5 KILOMETRES LONG, WAS THAT SHA TIN AND NORTH EAST NEW TERRITORIES AREAS WOULD

HAVE ANOTHER CONNECTION TO SAI KUNG AND THE HIGH ISLAND AREA OTHER THAN THAT CURRENTLY PROVIDED VIA LION ROCK TUNNEL ROAD AND CLEARWATER BAY ROAD.

THIS SECTION OF THE LINK ROAD WILL COST $15 MILLION TO BUILD AND OPEN TO TRAFFIC BY JULY, 1988. THE PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES CONSTRUCTION OF FOOTPATHS AND CYCLE TRACKS ALONG THE WHOLE LENGTH OF THE ROAD, A BRANCH ROAD LEADING TO THE BEACH AT LOK WO SHA, ENLARGEMENT OF EXISTING CAR AND COACH PARKING FACILITIES NEAR THE BEACH AND ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE AND LANDSCAPING WORKS.

/THE BUS