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SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1988

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CALL TO MAXIMISE USE OF HUMAN RESOURCES

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THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CONTRIBUTION OF SOME

DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FORCE IS OFTEN OVERLOOKED, THE HAROLD KWOK, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

PART OF THE LABOUR FOR LABOUR, MR

DUE

WORKERS MANY

TO THE

WERE

RESTRICTED FROM EXERTING THEIR LACK OF SUFFICIENT GUIDANCE AND

FROM CHINA, ARE

HE SAID

UTMOST CAPABILITIES PROPER COUNSELLING,

"SOME OF THE RESIDENTS, BEING NEW IMMIGRANTS KNOWN TO HAVE ENCOUNTERED SUCH DIFFICULTIES," HE ADDED.

EMPLOYMENT SEMINAR ORGANISED BY THE

MR KWOK WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES" JOINTLY ON "NEW IMMIGRANTS LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE ROTARY CLUB OF HONG KONG HARBOUR.

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SOME 27,000 FROM CHINA TO SETTLE IN

HE TOLD A GATHERING OF ABOUT 80 PARTICIPANTS THAT PERSONS HOLDING ONE-WAY EXIT PERMITS CAME HONG KONG EACH YEAR IN THE PAST TWO YEARS.

FINDING JOBS WELL AS ADAPTING

THESE IMMIGRANTS WERE FACED WITH THE PROBLEMS OF SUITABLE TO THEIR OWN SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS AS THEMSELVES TO THE NEW WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND SYSTEM.

HOW TO IMMIGRANT

LOCAL EMPLOYERS WERE ALSO CONCERNED OVER THE ISSUES OF TRAIN AND MAINTAIN A HARMONIOUS RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR NEW WORKERS, AND TO HELP THEM TO ENHANCE THEIR WORK PERFORMANCE, HE SAID.

THE THEORIES OF WITH FLEXIBILITY, IT RAISE THEIR MORALE, EMPLOYERS AND

"IN A WIDER CONTEXT, IF MANAGEMENT CAN APPLY PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT AND INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY SHOULD HELP TO REDUCE THE TURNOVER OF EMPLOYEES,

CO-OPERATION AND COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ENHANCE THE EMPLOYEES, MR KWOK SAID.

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THESE WOULD HELP ACHIEVE THE AIM OF MAXIMISING THE USE OF HUMAN PRODUCTIVITY OF THE LABOUR RESOURCES AND IMPROVING THE QUALITY AND FORCE, HE SAID.

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN HONG KONG IN THE FOURTH

MR KWOK ALSO NOTED THAT THE CONTINUED TO STAY AT A VERY LOW LEVEL OF 1.9 PER CENT QUARTER OF LAST YEAR.

QUARTER

OF

THIS

YEAR,

THERE WAS

NO

AND FOR THE FIRST INDICATION THAT THE TIGHT LOCAL LABOUR MARKET HAD RELAXED.

OF APPROPRIATE MANAGEMENT HE CALLED ON EMPLOYERS TO MAKE USE

EXISTING TECHNIQUES AND SUITABLE EMPLOYMENT COUNSELLING TO ENABLE THE LABOUR FORCE TO MAXIMISE ITS WORKING CAPACITY.

THE SEMINAR