XN000022-1989-04-26 — Page 6

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1989

"THE EMPLOYERS MUST

BE

FULLY

RESPONSIBLE FOR

THE

WORKERS DEPARTURE FROM HONG KONG AT THE COMPLETION OF A PROJECT OR CONTRACT.

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AND

DELAYS SEWAGE

MISS TAM SAID SHE WAS ONLY SYMPATHETIC TOWARDS REDUCING

HIGHWAYS AS IN CAPITAL PROJECTS

CONSTRUCTION OF SUCH SYSTEMS AND PUBLIC HOUSING BY ENGAGING "IMPORTED LABOUR".

GIVING AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE TO RELEASE MUCH NEEDED LOCAL

THE

CONSTRUCTION

"I DO NOT SEE THIS AS GOVERNMENT BECAUSE IT WILL WORKERS TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

STANCE HAS FRUIT

"FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE DEBATE ON THIS ISSUE MY ALWAYS BEEN THAT THE LABOUR FORCE SHOULD NOT BE DEPRIVED OF THE OF OUR SUCCESS IN HONGKONG," SHE SAID.

MISS TAM ALSO SAID THE RETURN OF BRAIN BE AN ANSWER.

DRAIN EMIGRANTS COULD

THE BRAIN DRAIN THAN RELYING

ON

"I BELIEVE WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE THE RETURN OF EMIGRANTS. THEY WILL BE BETTER ALTERNATIVES EXPATRIATE PROFESSIONALS TO KEEP OUR ECONOMY HUMMING.

"

SHE ALSO SUGGESTED MATCHING MANPOWER NEEDS WITH EDUCATION.

"HOW ARE WE GOING TO PRODUCE A STEADY FLOW OF MANAGERS AND PERSONNEL?" MISS TAM ASKED.

KEY

EDUCATION IN HONG KONG.

"THE CENTRAL ISSUE IS THE

QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF

TERTIARY

SMALL NUMBER OF TERTIARY

EDUCATION

STANDING IN

"IT OFFERS A RELATIVELY OPPORTUNITIES CONSIDERING ITS RISING ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL THE DEVELOPED WORLD.

PROVIDE FOR 40,000

BY

"TERTIARY EDUCATION HAS BEEN TARGETTED TO FULL TIME PLACES BY 1991, RISING TO 48,000 IN 1994 AND OVER 62,000 2000.

"ALTHOUGH THE TARGET WAS SET ONLY RECENTLY, WE OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF REVISION WHEN NECESSARY,

MUST NOT RULE MISS TAM SAID.

WERE TURNING TO TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE, MISS TAM SAID THERE

AND OFFICE IN THE

MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT OF AUTOMATED AUTOMATION.

GAPS

THE ECONOMY HAS BEEN

SHE SAID: "THE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT TRADITIONALLY TOO DEPENDENT ON LOW COST MANPOWER.

"OUR TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT

SOME EXTENT "APPLICATION" LEVEL."

STANDS AT 'DEPLOYMENT', AND ΤΟ

INNOVATION IN KEY MAKE HONG KONG WITH DEVELOPED ASIAN COUNTRIES

THIS WAS A SERIOUS OBSTACLE FOR INCREASING INDUSTRIES SUCH AS TEXTILE AND ELECTRONICS AND WOULD FAIL IN MAINTAINING THE COMPETITION

WHICH HAD ABUNDANT SUPPLY OF CHEAP LABOUR, MISS TAM ADDED.

/SHE SAID