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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1989

GOVT REVIEWING ENERGY POLICY, ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS

TO

WITH THE INCREASING WORLDWIDE CONCERN OVER THE ADVERSE IMPACT OF FOSSIL FUEL USAGE ON THE ENVIRONMENT, THE GOVERNMENT IS REVIEWING CURRENT POLICY TO DETERMINE WHAT FURTHER MEASURES BE TAKEN TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT WHILST AT THE SAME TIME FOR ESSENTIAL ECONOMIC GROWTH.

NEED CATERING

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THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, THE HON ANSON THAN, SAID

COUNCIL TODAY THIS IN THE LEGISLATIVE

(WEDNESDAY 1 IN

ΤΟ REPLY QUESTION FROM THE HON JAMES MCGREGOR.

POLICY TO MEET AND

MRS CHAN EXPLAINED THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S CURRENT ENERGY WAS TO ENSURE THAT THERE WAS AN ADEQUATE AND RELIABLE SUPPLY CONSUMER'S DEMANDS AND THAT SUCH SUPPLY WAS PROVIDED EFFICIENTLY AT REASONABLE PRICES.

'WITHIN THIS BROAD FRAMEWORK GOVERNMENT ENCOURAGES ENERGY CONSERVATION BOTH ON THE PART OF CONSUMERS AND THE SUPPLY COMPANIES BUT DOES NOT NORMALLY INTERVENE UNLESS ABSOLUTELY DURING THE OIL CRISES IN 1973 AND 1979," SHE SAID.

NECESSARY

SUCH AS

ASSURANCE ON IMMIGRATION OF SKILLED PERSONNEL

THE

APPLICATION MANAGERS WILL

BY

BE

THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON SIR PIERS JACOBS, ASSURED LEGISLATIVE

TODAY COUNCIL

(WEDNESDAY J THAT EVERY EMPLOYERS TO BRING IN PROFESSIONALS SYMPATHETICALLY CONSIDERED ON ITS MERITS.

AND

OR SOURCES,

BUT

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"THERE IS NO RESTRICTION ON NUMBERS

THEIR EMPLOYERS PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES MUST BE SUITABLY QUALIFIED AND

TO SIR PIERS SAID IN REPLY MUST PAY THE GOING WAGES IN HONG KONG, QUESTION FROM THE HON CHUNG PUI-LAM.

"IN ADDITION, MEMBERS ARE, OF SCHEME TO IMPORT ABOUT 3,000 SKILLED CRAFTSMAN LEVEL.'

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H

COURSE, WORKERS

AWARE OF THE SPECIAL AT THE TECHNICAL AND

ΤΟ BE FLEXIBLE

HE SAID HONG KONG MUST CONTINUE IMMIGRATION OF SKILLED PERSONNEL ΤΟ FILL ANY GAPS EMIGRATION.

PEOPLE

SIR PIERS SAID THE NUMBER OF

EXPECTED KONG NEXT YEAR WAS ABOUT 55,000, INCLUDING DEPENDANTS,

IN ALLOWING FROM ARISING

то LEAVE HONG

/IT WAS

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