WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1988
TO
"BUT WE MUST CONTINUE
BE AWARE OF, AND GUARD AGAINST,
11 HE SAID. PROTECTIONIST SENTIMENT IN THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS,
THE
"THE TRADE DEPARTMENT AND
GOVERNMENT'S OVERSEAS OFFICES NEW FORMS ARE CONSTANTLY ALERT FOR THE EMERGENCE OF PROTECTIONISM IN AND IN NEW PLACES, HE SAID.
TI
"SO FAR THEIR EFFORTS HAVE BEEN REWARDED WITH QUIET SUCCESS AND THE INTERNATIONAL TRADING THEY HAVE EARNED RESPECT AND INFLUENCE IN COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE RECENTLY SET UP A "BUT OUR EFFORTS MUST NOT FLAG. ECONOMIC AND TRADE OFFICE IN TOKYO,
NEW
"WE ARE ALSO EXPANDING THE PROGRAMME HONG KONG BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM OUR MAJOR TRADING PARTNERS, SO THAT
FOR THEMSELVES OUR FREE TRADE THEY CAN SEE POTENTIAL.
OF
SPONSORED
VISITS TO
SYSTEM
AND ECONOMIC
PRACTICES. WE
MUST
EXAMPLE "WE SET A GOOD
IN OUR TRADING CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS FACT IS WIDELY KNOWN."
NO PLAN TO IMPORT WORKERS
THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT AT
PRESENT
SIR DAVID
ΤΟ PLAN
CHANGE EXISTING NUMBERS OF WORKERS FROM
TOLD WILSON,
THE
POLICY AND ALLOW THE IMPORT OF SUBSTANTIAL
HONG KONG,
THE GOVERNOR,
OUTSIDE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
ΤΟ
SIR DAVID SAID THAT THERE HAD BEEN CALLS FOR THE GOVERNMENT
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY CHANGE ITS POLICY AND ALLOW CONTRACTORS IN THE TO IMPORT WORKERS FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS.
IT HAD BEEN ARGUED THAT MEASURES LABOUR SHORTAGE
WOULD
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.
ALREADY
THE RELIEVE NOT
IMMEDIATE
ΤΟ TAKEN
EASE IN PROBLEM
THE THE
COMPACTNESS OF
FOR
GREATER
THE INDUSTRY WAS VERY LABOUR INTENSIVE AND THE CONSTRUCTION
OPPORTUNITIES
LIMITED
MOST
SITES
MECHANISATION, HE NOTED.
HOWEVER, THERE WERE ALSO STRONG ARGUMENTS TO IMPORT WORKERS FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS.
AGAINST ANY SCHEME
"IT WOULD
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