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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1987

"THE COMBINATION OF THESE MEASURES WILL HOLD THE SHORTF FORM ONE PLACES WITHIN TOLERABLE LIMITS FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS AND REDUCE IT THEREAFTER, WITH ITS COMPLETE ELIMINATION BY 1993," MR PAGLIARI SAID.

POPULATION

"MUCH, HOWEVER, WILL DEPEND ON THE ACCURACY OF OUR PROJECTIONS AS ANY ALTERATION IN THE RATE OF BUILD-UP OF POPULATION IN THE AREA OR IN THE AGE GROUP MIX WILL INEVITABLY AFFECT THE SHORTFALL POSITION,' HE SAID.

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HE NOTED THAT THE 1986 BY-CENSUS FIGURES WHICH WOULD BR AVAILABLE THIS SUMMER SHOULD GIVE A CLEARER PICTURE.

"PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE RELEVANT PROJECTIONS WILL BE LOWER THAN PREVIOUS FORECASTS, WHICH SHOULD RESULT IN AN BARLIER SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEMS FACING NT EAST IF THE BUILD UP OF NEW HOUSING IN NT EAST FOLLOWS THE REVISED PATTERN," MR PAGLIARI SAID.

"IF, HOWEVER, THE REVERSE TURNS OUT TO BE THE CASE, WE WILL CONSIDER FURTHER REPROVISIONING OF SCHOOLS FROM THE URBAN AREA TO NT EAST," HE ADDED.

NEEDS TO PROVIDE INTERPRETATION SERVICE RECOGNISED

INTERPRETERS AND THE RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING OF SIMULTANEOUS

UP IN RECENT YEARS TO CHINESE LANGUAGE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN STEPPED

INCREASING COPE WITH

SERVICES, THE

DEMAND FOR THEIR

THE CHIEF SECRETARY, THE HON DAVID FORD, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (TODAY).

HON CHEUNG YAN-LUNG, MR FORD REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE

FROM SAID THAT THE NUMBER OF SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETERS HAD INCREASED

AND THE NUMBER OF CHINESE SEVEN IN APRIL 1983 TO 16 IN JUNE 1987 LANGUAGE OFFICERS HAD INCREASED FROM 343 TO 508 OVER THE SAME PERIOD.

то FILL THE EXISTING THREE HE SAID RECRUITMENT WAS UNDERWAY VACANT POSTS OF SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETERS AND 57 VANCANCIES OF CHINESE LANGUAGE OFFICERS.

"THE LARGE NUMBER OF VACANCIES IN THE CHINESE LANGUAGE OFFICERS CREATED GRADE IS A REFLECTION OF THE HIGH RATE AT WHICH NEW POSTS ARE

HE CONTINUED. TO MEET THE DEMAND FOR TRANSLATION WORK,

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/CONCERNING THE