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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1990

CONSTRUCTION,

THE

AND BY

THE

"THE MAJORITY OF APPLICATIONS CAME, NOT UNEXPECTEDLY, FROM

FOLLOWED INDUSTRY,

CLOSELY BY GARMENTS HOTELS, CATERING AND TOURISM GROUP OF INDUSTRIES,"

HE SAID.

MR YEUNG POINTED OUT THAT BOTH THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WERE NOW GEARED UP TO IMPLEMENT THE SCHEMES IMPORTING UP TO 2,700 TECHNICIANS, CRAFTSMEN AND SUPERVISORS, AND IMPORTING UP TO 10,000 EXPERIENCED OPERATIVES.

AND

FOR

FOR

WOULD MOVE

MR YEUNG ASSURED THAT THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT

NO APPLICATION QUICKLY TO DEAL WITH VISA APPLICATIONS, ADDING THAT THAT WAS IN ORDER WOULD TAKE MORE THAN FOUR WEEKS TO BE APPROVED.

THEY THE EMPLOYMENT

WHO MAY

"SIMILARLY, THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WILL INTERVIEW EMPLOYERS NEED GUIDANCE AND GUEST WORKERS AFTER THEY ARRIVE, SO THAT FULLY UNDERSTAND THEIR RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS UNDER ORDINANCE.

VIGILANCE:

"NEEDLESS TO SAY BOTH DEPARTMENTS WILL EXERCISE DUE THEY WILL ACT SWIFTLY ON ANY COMPLAINTS THEY RECEIVE ABOUT BREACHES OF

MR YEUNG NOTED. VISA CONDITIONS AND EMPLOYMENT LEGISLATION,

MANY

APPLICANTS

HAD BEEN

MR YEUNG SAID INTERVIEWED BY THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT.

MR. YEUNG POINTED OUT THAT, REPRESENTING SOME 35 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL, VARIETY OF REASONS.

CONTACTED

AND

ALTOGETHER 20,091 APPLICATIONS,

WERE REJECTED FOR A

THE REASONS INCLUDED:

PUBLISHED

OFFERED WAGES BELOW THE WHOSE ATTRIBUTES FELL INVOLVED MEDIAN LEVELS, OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THE TWO SCHEMES, INVOLVED LABOUR NOT REQUIRED FOR

INVOLVED COMPANIES SHOWING A LOSS. THE BUSINESS CONCERNED, OR

EMPLOYERS

WORKERS

WERE

MR YEUNG SAID THAT THE FIRST THREE GROUNDS FOR REJECTION CLEAR AND INCONTROVERTIBLE.

REASON,

THE

STEERING

GROUP

ON

"AS

FOURTH REGARDS THE IMPORTATION OF LABOUR TOOK THE VIEW THAT LOSS MAKING COMPANIES, UNLESS GOING OUT OF THEY ARE NEWLY ESTABLISHED, ARE IN GREATER DANGER OF BUSINESS.

"IF THEY DID THEY WOULD LEAVE BEHIND A SUBSTANTIAL UNEMPLOYED WORKERS.

NUMBER OF

HAVE "THERE IS THE FURTHER PROBLEM THAT THEIR INCLUSION WOULD

VERY THINLY AMONG ELIGIBLE HAD THE EFFECT OF QUOTA BEING SPREAD

UNDER- QUOTA SUBSTANTIAL

THIS

COULD RESULT IN

APPLICANTS. UTILISATION, MR YEUNG EXPLAINED.

ON QUOTA ALLOCATION,

MR YEUNG SAID THE

FOR

REJECTIONS AND THE

OF 26,451 JOB

WITHDRAWAL OF 842 APPLICATIONS LEFT THE GOVERNMENT WITH A BALANCE

SKILLED WORKERS AND APPLICATIONS 10,174 JOB APPLICATIONS FOR EXPERIENCED OPERATIVES.

/"THIS STILL