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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER
POLICY ON IMPORT OF SKILLED STAFF EXPLAINED
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12. 1988
OP IMPORT
CARTER, EXPLAINED TODAY SKILLED
THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION, MR ALAN (WEDNESDAY) THE GOVERNMENT'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE STAFF FROM OVERSEAS.
TO
NUMBER
HE WAS RESPONDING
OF PRESS ENQUIRIES ON THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT POLICY ON THE IMPORTATION OF SKILLED LABOUR.
AVAILABLE
"UNDER THE PRESENT POLICY, FOREIGN WORKERS MAY BE ADMITTED TO HONG KONG ON CONDITION THAT THEY PROVIDE SKILLS NOT READILY IN THE LOCAL LABOUR MARKET PLACE, MR CARTER SAID.
"PEOPLE ADMITTED UNDER SKILLED WORKERS TECHNICIANS.
RANGING
THIS POLICY FROM TOP MANAGERS
COVER A TO
WIDE
OF ARTISANS AND
RANGE
MIDDLE 4,749 STAFF FROM OVERSEAS WERE
MR CARTER POINTED OUT THAT LAST YEAR, A TOTAL OF
AND TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT, PROFESSIONAL, ALLOWED TO COME AND WORK IN HONG KONG,
THE FIGURE FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR WAS 1,091.
"THE AVERAGE REFUSAL RATE IN CONSIDERING THESE APPLICATIONS 9 PER CENT, HE SAID. "BUT THIS FIGURE IS DISTORTED
IS
BECAUSE
MANY
OF
OF WITHDRAWAL
APPLICATION
OR
THE
REFUSALS
ARE A
RESULT OF
SPONSORSHIP.
"
THESE OVERSEAS
EMPLOYEES
ACCOUNTANTS,
ARCHITECTS,
ART
'CONTROLLERS, HYDROMETALLURGI STS, DESIGNERS, QUANTITY SURVEYORS, ETC.
INCLUDE DESIGNERS, INTERIOR
SUCH PROFESSIONALS
AS
ENGINEERS, DESIGNERS,
FINANCIAL
LANDSCAPE
WORK IN HONG
KONG HAVE ENGINEERS,
FASHION
OVERSEAS TECHNICAL STAFF ALLOWED TO INCLUDED DREDGERS, PRODUCTION AND SOFTWARE TECHNICAL
CHEMISTS, TRAINING
DESIGNERS.
SUPERVISORS,
MAINTENANCE
AND OFFICERS
סין
WORK
EXECUTIVES,
PERMISSION ADMINISTRATIVE AND MANAGERIAL STAFF GIVEN
MANAGERS, BANK
HOTEL DIRECTORS, REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES, AND
COMPANY HERE INCLUDE MARKETING MANAGERS, PROJECT MANAGERS, SHIPPING MANAGERS.
JAPAN, THE
THEY COME FROM A WIDE RANGE OF COUNTRIES INCLUDING
INDIA, KOREA, MALAYSIA, U.S.A., AUSTRALIA, CANADA, FRANCE, GERMANY, THE NETHERLANDS, SINGAPORE, THE PHILIPPINES, AND SWITZERLAND.
PERMANENT
THE FIGURE OF 4,749 DOES NOT INCLUDE THOSE WHO CAME FROM THE ONE-WAY UNDER
MORE SCHEME. PERMIT
THAN 27,000 IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA ENTER HONG KONG LEGALLY EACH YEAR; MANY OF JOIN THE LABOUR MARKET.
CHINA
THEM
/"IT IS
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