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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1990

"THIS STILL REPRESENTED AN EXCESS OF QUOTA OF 3.8 TIMES AND 2.6 TIMES RESPECTIVELY.

DEMAND

OVER AVAILABLE

"IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES, THE STEERING GROUP HAS HAD TO SCALE DOWN RANK ALL ELIGIBLE APPLICATIONS INVOLVING EXCESSIVE NUMBERS, AND TO APPLICATIONS IN SOME ORDER OF MERIT, MR YEUNG SAID.

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HAD WORKERS EXPERIENCED

VERY SMALL MR YEUNG POINTED OUT THAT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A RESERVE, VIRTUALLY ALL QUOTA HAD BEEN ALLOCATED, AND NO INDUSTRY AN ALLOCATION LOWER THAN 12 PER CENT OF THE NUMBER OF SKILLED

BELOW APPLIED

OR

15 PER CENT OF OPERATIVES APPLIED FOR.

FOR,

THE

NUMBER

OF

OF

DEPARTMENT

MR YEUNG SAID THAT LETTERS INFORMING SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS THEIR QUOTA ALLOCATION WOULD BE ISSUED BY THE IMMIGRATION ON NOVEMBER 8 AND EMPLOYERS WOULD BE GIVEN FOUR MONTHS WITHIN WHICH TO RECRUIT WORKERS, CONCLUDE CONTRACTS OF EMPLOYMENT AND ARRANGE FOR WORKERS TO OBTAIN VISAS.

"ALL QUOTA SHOULD BE FILLED WITHIN THIS FOUR-MONTH PERIOD.

"UNLESS AN EXTENSION IS GRANTED, FAILURE TO COMPLY WILL

IN QUOTA BEING WITHDRAWN," MR YEUNG ADDED.

THE

RESULT

RESOLUTION TO EXTEND TEMPORARY CONTROL OF BUILDING DENSITY

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LANDS, EXTEND

THE

THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND HON MARTIN LEWIS, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) MOVED A RESOLUTION TO TEMPORARY CONTROL OF DENSITY OF BUILDING DEVELOPMENT (KOWLOON AND KOWLOON) ORDINANCE 1989 FOR A FURTHER PERIOD OF THREE YEARS.

THE ORDINANCE IS DUE TO EXPIRE ON DECEMBER 31, 1990.

THE NEW

THE

MR LEWIS SAID: "THE HONG KONG AIRPORT (CONTROL OF OBSTRUCTIONS)

(NO. 2) (AMENDMENT)

ORDER OF 1989 CONSOLIDATION

PERMITS RELAXATION OF AIRPORT HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS.

ON JULY 14. 1989, ACHIEVABLE UNDER THE FORMER FLEXIBILITY IN UP ΤΟ

"THE TEMPORARY CONTROL ORDINANCE, ENACTED RESTRICTED BUILDINGS TO THE DENSITIES

GREATER BUT ALLOWED RESTRICTIONS, AIRPORT HEIGHT BUILDING DESIGN BY PERMITTING THE ERECTION OF TALLER BUILDINGS THE REVISED AIRPORT HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS.

IT WAS EXPECTED THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY OF IMPOSITION

"WHEN THIS ORDINANCE WAS FIRST ENACTED PERMANENT DENSITY THE AREAS WHERE

LIMITATIONS WOULD BE FEW AND THAT THE LIMITATIONS WOULD BE CAPABLE THROUGH THE AMENDMENT OF A LIMITED NUMBER OF OUTLINE ZONING PLANS.

/"SINCE ENACTMENT