XN000022-1990-11-07 — Page 11

10

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1990

BUT IF

COVERED BY THE INTERIM DEVELOPMENT PERMISSION PLANS BECOME PART OF A DEVELOPMENT PERMISSION AREA WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF THE ENACTMENT OF THE LEGISLATION, THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING'S APPROVAL WOULD BE HONOURED AND DEVELOPMENTS IN CONTRAVENTION OF THE PLAN WOULD BE ENFORCEABLE.

THE BILL WAS PASSED AND IF THE AREAS

MR LEWIS STRESSED THAT THE MAIN INTENTION OF THE AMENDMENT BILL WAS TO ENSURE THAT DEVELOPMENT IN THE RURAL AREAS WOULD PROCEED UNDER THE RIGHT CONDITIONS IN THE RIGHT PLACE.

BENEFICIAL

SHORT

IT WAS ALSO A POSITIVE MEASURE WHEREBY DEVELOPMENTS TO THE NEW TERRITORIES WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE PLACE, BOTH IN THE TERM AND IN THE YEARS TO COME.

DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.

GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO GAIN EXPERIENCE

ON LABOUR IMPORTATION SCHEME

THE GOVERNMENT, BEFORE CONSIDERING TAKING STEP TO INCREASE QUOTAS FOR THE LABOUR IMPORTATION SCHEMES WILL NEED EXPERIENCE WITH THE OPERATION OF THESE SCHEMES,

AND THE EXTENT TO

THE

ΤΟ GAIN SOME PARTICULARLY AS WHICH THEY COULD BE REGARDS QUOTA UTILISATION POLICED, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON K.Y. YEUNG, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

IMPORTATION OF TO ASSESS LABOUR. MR YEUNG SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD ALSO NEED CONDITIONS IN THE LABOUR MARKET, AND THE EFFECT OF IMPORTED LABOUR BOTH LOCAL WORKERS AND THE BUSINESSES INVOLVED.

IN A STATEMENT TO LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON THE

ON

THAT

LABOUR HAS CAREFULLY **THE STEERING GROUP ON IMPORTATION OF CONSIDERED WHETHER OR NOT IT SHOULD RECOMMEND TO THE GOVERNMENT THE QUOTA LIMITS OF THESE TWO SCHEMES SHOULD BE RAISED.

THE

"GIVEN THAT REAL DEMAND EXCEEDS AVAILABLE QUOTA BY NEARLY THREE

THAT TIMES, THERE IS ON THE FACE OF IT A CASE FOR RECOMMENDING QUOTAS SHOULD BE INCREASED," HE SAID.

ON IMPLEMENTING

WHEN

THE

THE

OUTLINING TO MEMBERS THE PROGRESS MADE SCHEMES FOR IMPORTING LABOUR INTO HONG KONG, MR YEUNG SAID SIX-WEEK APPLICATION PERIOD WHICH ENDED ON AUGUST 31, A TOTAL OF 4,524 COMPANIES HAD APPLIED FOR PERMISSION TO IMPORT 57,558 WORKERS, MADE UP OF 15,823 SKILLED WORKERS AND 41,735 EXPERIENCED OPERATIVES.

OVER-SUBSCRIBED

"THESE FIGURES SHOW THAT THE SCHEMES HAVE BEEN BY NEARLY SIX TIMES IN THE CASE OF SKILLED WORKERS AND OVER FOUR TIMES IN THE CASE OF EXPERIENCED OPERATIVES.

/"THE MAJORITY