XN000022-1988-04-20 — Page 9

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1988

HE SAID THAT, UNDER THE PRESENT CONDITION, SPORTS BODIES COULD NOT POSSIBLY IMPROVE THEIR ADMINISTRATION AND IMPLEMENT DEVELOPMENT PLANS WITHOUT CUTTING BACK EXPENDITURE ON REGULAR ACTIVITIES.

NOTING THAT THERE WERE ALSO UNNECESSARY RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED ON THE USAGE OF FUNDS BY THE COUNCIL FOR RECREATION AND SPORTS, MR HU CALLED ON THE GOVERNMENT ΤΟ REVIEW THE SITUATION AND INCREASE SUBSIDIES FOR SPORTS AND RECREATION.

FINALLY, MR HU SAID THAT HONG KONG WOULD BE CONFRONTED WITH MANY UNCERTAINTIES IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS.

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THE ONLY WAY THAT THE TERRITORY WOULD COME OUT ON TOP OF UNCERTAINTIES WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INHABITANTS FELT THAT TERRITORY WAS NOT A BATTLEGROUND FOR SURVIVAL, BUT A PLACE WHICH THEY AND THEIR FUTURE GENERATIONS COULD CALL HOME.

'BRAIN DRAIN' MUST BE TACKLED

DRAIN"

PROBLEM,

THE GOVERNMENT MUST ACT TO TACKLE THE "BRAIN THE HON CHAN KAM-CHUEN SAID DURING THE BUDGET DEBATE IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

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BY ACKNOWLEDGING THE FACT AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS BRAIN DRAIN AS REFLECTED DAILY IN NEWSPAPERS WITH OVER 100 PAGES OF JOB VACANCIES, HONG KONG HAD TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM, MR CHAN SAID.

IN THE SHORT TERM, EXPATRIATE CONTRACT STAFF MIGHT DO THE JOB LEFT RY THOSE WHO HAD EMIGRATED, HE SAID.

BUT THESE EXPATRIATE STAFF MIGHT WISH TO RETURN TO THEIR HOME COUNTRY WITHIN NINE YEARS BEFORE THEY FOUND THAT THEY WERE AT THE END OF A QUEUE AND LOST SENIORITY, STATUS AND PAY.

"FOR THE LONGER TERM, WE MUST EXPAND OUR TRAINING FACILITIES IN ALL FIELDS, AND THE NEW GRADUATES HAVE TO COME IN AS JUNIORS AND USE THE NINE-YEAR TIME GAP TO GAIN THE NECESSARY WORKING EXPERIENCE," HE SAID.

MR CHAN SAID THAT HONG KONG PEOPLE WHO HAD EMIGRATED SHOULD NOT BE FORGOTTEN.

"EMPLOYERS SHOULD KEEP IN CONTACT WITH THEM AND OFFER THEM EXPATRIATE TERMS AFTER THEY HAVE OBTAINED THEIR PASSPORTS," HE SAID.

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