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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1990

AS REGARDS PRODUCTION, HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS DOUBLING FIRST DEGREE OUTPUT OF OUR TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS,

THE

"AND, FINALLY, WE ARE ATTRACTING THOSE WHO ARE

SUITABLE PROVIDING RETURNING OR COMING HERE, PARTLY BY WAY OF PROMOTING HONG KONG, PARTLY

RELAXING OUR IMMIGRATION RULES, AND PARTLY BY EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEIR FAMILIES," HE SAID.

INTERESTED IN

GOVERNMENT HAS NO INTENTION TO ABANDON LABOUR IMPORTATION SCHEMES

THE

THE

SCHEMES ON GOVERNMENT HAS NO INTENTION OF ABANDONING THE IMPORTATION OF LABOUR, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, HON K.Y. YEUNG, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

HAD GOVERNMENT

NO INTENTION EXTENDING THESE SCHEMES AT THE PRESENT TIME, MR

EQUALLY, THE

SPEAKING

AT

ON THE DEBATE RESUMED THE ADDRESS, MR YEUNG SAID DESPITE SOME SOFTENING COMPETITION IN THE LABOUR MARKET WAS STILL INTENSE.

OF REVISING OR. YEUNG SAID.

GOVERNOR'S

POLICY

IN

CERTAIN SECTORS,

"THE SCHEMES FOR IMPORTING OPERATIVES HAVE BEEN RESPECTIVELY.

TECHNICIANS OVER-SUBSCRIBED BY SIX TIMES

AND

EXPERIENCED

AND

FOUR TIMES

"THE

STEERING

GROUP

ON

IMPORTATION

UNDER

MY

FROM

OF LABOUR CHAIRMANSHIP HAS SPENT THE PAST TWO MONTHS VETTING APPLICATIONS OVER 4,500 COMPANIES FOR 57,000 JOBS.

REPORT THAT THE MR YEUNG SAID, ADDING THAT

A

ΤΟ IN

STATEMENT

THE

"IT HAS FINISHED ITS TASK AND I AM GLAD TO GOVERNMENT IS NOW READY TO ALLOCATE QUOTA," ACCOUNT DETAILED WOULD GIVE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AT ITS NEXT SITTING.

HE

MORE A

HE ASSURED

THAT

NO APPLICATION

INVOLVING

WAGES

BELOW

THE

PUBLISHED MEDIAN HAD BEEN ACCEPTED.

"INDEED A GOOD PROPORTION, REPRESENTING SOME 55 PER CENT OF ALL SUCCESSFUL APPLICATIONS, OFFER WAGES ABOVE THE MEDIAN,'

OR

HE SAID.

REVISING POINTING OUT THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS NO INTENTION OF

YEUNG SAID THE EXTENDING THESE SCHEMES AT THE PRESENT TIME, MR

THEY STEERING GROUP WOULD BE KEEPING A CLOSE WATCH ON THE SCHEMES AS WERE IMPLEMENTED.

QUOTA

ANY REVISION UTILISATION, THE THE BUSINESSES

HE ALSO SAID THE GOVERNMENT WOULD NOT CONSIDER

OF SOME EXPERIENCE UNTIL

HAD IT

GAINED INCIDENCE OF ABUSE AND THE EFFECT OF IMPORTATION ON INVOLVED.

/AS REGARDS