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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1988

"THIS MONITORING PROCESS WILL CONTINUE.

"FOOD BUSINESS UNSUITABLE CONTAINERS

OPERATORS WHICH HAVE

THEREIN WILL BE PROSECUTED.'

UNCLEAN

OR

FOUND ΤΟ BE USING

CONTAMINATED THE FOOD CONTAINED

MR HSU ADDED THAT THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES BRANCH WAS PLANNING TO ENHANCE THE CREATE A POST OF FOOD CHEMIST WITHIN ITS FOOD SECTION TO

OF EXPERTISE WHEREBY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE LEVEL

SAFETY PACKAGING MATERIALS WOULD BE FULLY INVESTIGATED AND EVALUATED.

OF

NO PROVISION FOR CHINA WORKERS TO TAKE JOBS IN HK

PROVISION FOR BE IT

NO UNDER EXISTING IMMIGRATION POLICY, THERE IS WORKERS FROM CHINA TO ENTER HONG KONG FOR EMPLOYMENT PURPOSES, IN THE CONSTRUCTION OR OTHER FIELDS. THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON GEOFFREY BARNES, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY),

MR BARNES SAID HE WAS THEREFORE UNABLE TO PROVIDE SUCH FIGURES FOR DR THE HON HELMUT SOHMEN WHO HAD ASKED FOR PRECISE FIGURES FOR THE NUMBER OF WORKERS FROM CHINA, PARTICULARLY IN THE CONSTRUCTION FIELD,

WHO HAD BEEN PERMITTED TO ENTER AND WORK IN HONG KONG LEGALLY.

·

'A SEPARATE CATEGORY OF ENTRANT IS, HOWEVER, THOSE WHO ARRIVE LEGALLY FROM CHINA FOR RESIDENCE PURPOSES BY MEANS OF CHINESE ONE-WAY EXIT PERMITS ISSUED BY THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES, MR BARNES SAID.

"

"BY AGREEMENT WITH THE LATTER THESE ARE RESTRICTED ΤΟ 75

27,000 PERSONS PER YEAR AS PERMITS PER DAY, AMOUNTING TO ABOUT

A PERMANENT ADDITION TO HONG KONG'S POPULATION.

"SINCE 1979, 220,000 CHINESE PERMIT HOLDERS HAVE

ENTERED HONG

KONG.

MR BARNES SAID THAT THESE PEOPLE WERE FREE EMPLOYMENT AFTER ARRIVAL, AND HE HAD NO DOUBT THAT MANY IN FACT ENTERED THE LOCAL LABOUR MARKET.

TO

OF

UP TAKE THEM HAD

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