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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1988

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EMIGRATION A LESSER FACTOR IN STAFF TURNOVER

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TURNOVER

AND

KEEN

THE RAPID EXPANSION AGGRAVATING FACTOR, INFORMATION,

HON

STAFF IN SOME SECTORS THE PROBLEM OF HIGH DEMAND FOR SKILLS ARE CAUSED IN GREATER PART BY OF THOSE INDUSTRIES, AND EMIGRATION IS A LESSER +

AND THE SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES PETER TSAO, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

OF

THE

POLICY

MANPOWER SHORTAGE WAS SOMETIMES A SIGN

CONTINUING SUCCESS RATHER THAN A SYMPTOM OF FAILURE, MR TSAO SAID IN THE RESUMED DEBATE.

HISTORICAL NORM

30,000

OF

"WHILE NUMBERS ARE HIGHER THAN THE PEOPLE LAST YEAR, 45,000 THIS YEAR - THEY DO NOT PRESENT A PICTURE ALARMING PROPORTIONS, HE SAID IN REFERRING TO EMIGRATION.

*

SECTORS

FOR SKILLS ARE

"MOREOVER, ON CLOSER INSPECTION, WE HAVE FOUND IN SOME

DEMAND THE PROBLEMS OF HIGH STAFF TURNOVER AND KEEN CAUSED IN GREATER PART BY THE RAPID EXPANSION OF THOSE INDUSTRIES.

FIRST PRIORITY LIFE WHICH ARE MOST

"BE THAT AS IT MAY, WE ARE NOT COMPLACENT. OUR MUST BE TO MAINTAIN THOSE ASPECTS OF HONG KONG ATTRACTIVE.'

PEOPLE TO GO GOVERNMENT'S

ABOUT

WELL

BE

OF HONG KONG TAX RATES AND OF

POSITIVE PRESERVED, MR

THE FREEDOM THE BUOYANT ECONOMY, THE LIFESTYLE,

THEIR DAILY

THE AFFAIRS,

LOW

PUBLICISED

PHILOSOPHY то HAD NON-INTERVENTIONISM WERE THE THINGS WHICH TSAO SAID.

WE AT PRESENT "WE MUST IMPROVE THOSE AREAS OF LIFE WHERE

DO IMPROVE THE LESS WELL. TWO MATTERS FREQUENTLY QUOTED ARE THE NEED TO

THE EDUCATION SYSTEM BOTH ENVIRONMENT, AND THE NEED TO IMPROVE

IN QUALITATIVE TERMS AND IN TERMS OF INCREASING OPPORTUNITY," HE SAID.

POSITIVE PLANS IN THESE NOTING THAT THE GOVERNMENT DID HAVE AREAS,

MR TSAO REMINDED MEMBERS THAT ALL THE THINGS MENTIONED, TAKEN OR TO BE TAKEN, APPLIED EQUALLY TO BOTH EXISTING PROSPECTIVE RETURNEES.

ACTION RESIDENTS AND

"A THIRD AREA ON WHICH MEMBERS LAID STRESS

BRING FORWARD TO BOOST TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TO RAPIDLY AS POSSIBLE," MR TSAO CONTINUED.

CONCERNS THE NEED LOCAL TALENTS AS

BRANCH THE ROLE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INFORMATION

OF THE PROFILE OF THOSE IN THIS AREA WAS TO IMPROVE THE KNOWLEDGE

MORE COULD BE

READILY

SO THAT

THE

SKILLS

BEING LOST

LEAVING IDENTIFIED AND REPLACED, MR TSAO SAID.

" SUCH INFORMATION COLLEAGUES RESPONSIBLE WIDE-RANGING SUBJECT.

BE

WILL THEN

PASSED FOR VARIOUS ASPECTS

TO OF

MY OFFICIAL THIS RATHER

/ON THE