WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1990
SUPPORT FOR RELAXATION OF LABOUR IMPORTATION POLICY
RELAXATION
OF
THE
POLICY
ON
IMPORTATION OF
LABOUR
IS A
IN THE
MEASURED STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, THE HON PAUL CHENG SAID LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR
SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE MOTION ON THE IMPORTATION OF LABOUR, WAS A MEANS OF ADDRESSING THE SUCH IMPORTATION CHENG SAID
WAS THAT
CURRENTLY TERRITORY'S INFLATION PROBLEM ESCALATING WAGES AND A HIGH RATE OF LABOUR TURNOVER.
סיך
ALLOW IN
THE PROPOSAL HE SAID
14,700 SUPPORTED MEASURES TO BREAK CONTINUING INFLATION AS
INFRASTRUCTURAL IN WITH PLANS FOR MAJOR HUGE MANPOWER REQUIREMENTS.
PROJECTS
COUPLED WITH
FOREIGN WORKERS
WELL AS FITTING WOULD WHICH
HAVE
DELAY
AND
IN
THE
"SIMILARLY, THE POLICY DECISION PAVES THE WAY FOR THE PORT
PLANS SO AS DEVELOPMENT AIRPORT CONSTRUCTION OF THESE PROJECTS,'
"I
то HE SAID.
PREVENT ANY
MR CHENG SAID THE POLICY DECISION ALSO ADDRESSED A LABOUR SHORTAGE IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR WHICH NEEDED AND UNSKILLED WORKERS.
MOST ACUTE SEMI-SKILLED
FURTHERMORE, THE DECISION
ENCOURAGED
RETAIN THEIR FACTORIES IN HONG KONG, AND THIS OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL WORKERS, HE SAID.
MR CHENG POINTED
OUT
THAT IMPORTED
LOCAL
MANUFACTURERS
то
MEANT MORE EMPLOYMENT
WAS LABOUR
NOT CHEAP, COSTS AND NOTING THAT EMPLOYERS MUST ALLOW FOR TRANSPORT AND HOUSING
WOULD BE A PREREQUISITE FOR THIS THAT COMMITMENT TO MEDIAN WAGES POLICY.
MR CHENG CALLED ON LABOUR UNIONS WHO OF LABOUR TO SEE THE BIGGER PICTURE.
OPPOSED THE IMPORTATION
MARKET WITH RISING WAGES "THE COMBINATION OF A TIGHT LABOUR
OF HONG KONG PRODUCTS AND THE COMPETITIVENESS
THE JEOPARDISES
++ HE SAID. ATTRACTIVENESS OF HONG KONG TO INVESTORS,
HE ALSO STRESSED THE NEED EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES SO
ΤΟ IMPROVE COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THERE THAT
WAS UNDERSTANDING THAT THE то SOLVING LIMITED IMPORTATION OF FOREIGN WORKERS WAS A CONTRIBUTION
A MUCH BIGGER PROBLEM THAN LABOUR OPPOSITION WAS CURRENTLY FACING.
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