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WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1990

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HE NOTED THAT UNDER PRESENT IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS, FOREIGN WORKERS WHO WERE NOT OF CHINESE ORIGIN DID NOT HAVE THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN HONG KONG EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD STAYED HERE FOR OVER SEVEN YEARS.

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THE PROBLEM COULD BECOME MORE COMPLICATED AS THEY MIGHT MARRIED AND HAVE CHILDREN HERE.

"WE CERTAINLY WOULD NOT WANT HONG KONG TO WITNESS A REPEAT OF THE HEART-BREAKING SCENES OF THE SEPARATION OF PARENT AND CHILD NOR THE DETENTION IN PRISON OF PARENT AND CHILD, HE SAID..

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WITH REGARD TO WORKERS FROM CHINA, HE SAID: "I BELIEVE THE ADMINISTRATION SHOULD CONSIDER WHETHER FOREIGN WORKERS FROM MAINLAND CHINA, WHO ARE OF THE CHINESE RACE AND WHO HAVE BEEN ORDINARY RESIDENT IN HONG KONG FOR SEVEN YEARS CONTINUOUSLY, WOULD ACQUIRE THE RIGHT OF ABODE HERE.

"MOREOVER, WHETHER BY THEIR EMPLOYMENT HERE ARE THEY ORDINARY RESIDENT IN HONG KONG?"

COMMUNITY SHOULD SUPPORT LABOUR IMPORTATION SCHEME

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THE COMMUNITY SHOULD

SUPPORT

THE GOVERNMENT

POLICY

ON THE IMPORTATION OF LABOUR WHICH IS TO THE BENEFIT OF HONG KONG AS A WHOLE,

IN THE LEGISLATIVE THE HON MARTIN (WEDNESDAY).

BARROW

SAID

COUNCIL

TODAY

THE

THE

IN THE DEBATE ON MOTION OF SUPPORT SPEAKING IN

SAID FEARS THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S IMPORTATION OF LABOUR, MR BARROW LABOUR IMPORTATION PLAN WOULD DAMPEN JOB OPPORTUNITIES OR SUPPRESS

WORKFORCE WERE UNFOUNDED, WAGES FOR THE LOCAL

BECAUSE THE NUMBER INVOLVED REPRESENTED ONLY HALF A PER CENT OF THE TOTAL WORKFORCE.

EXCITING DEVELOPMENTS

AHEAD

FOR

THE

AND

HE ALSO SAID THERE WOULD BE

INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, HONG KONG'S ECONOMY. IN ADDITION TO

CENTRE TERRITORY WOULD CONTINUE TO PROMOTE ITSELF AS A REGIONAL

BASE FOR AS AS A FINANCIAL CENTRE,

A TOURISM

CENTRE; AND SPECIALIST MANUFACTURING BUSINESS WITH CHINA, AND AS A ALL OF THESE WOULD NEED A REASONABLE SUPPLY OF LABOUR.

DESTINATION,

AS A

WAGES AND IMPROVED LIVING MR BARROW ADDED THAT INCREASES IN

WOULD LABOUR FORCE STANDARDS OF HONG KONG'S EMPLOYERS CONTINUED TO INVEST IN THE TERRITORY. DO SO IF THERE IS SUFFICIENT LABOUR AVAILABLE,

ONLY

BE POSSIBLE

IF

"BUT

THEY WILL ONLY

**

HE SAID.

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