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THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1991

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729 VRS RESETTLED OVERSEAS LAST MONTH

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A TOTAL OF 729 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES LEFT HONG KONG RESETTLEMENT OVERSEAS LAST MONTH (APRIL)

OF THOSE WHO LEFT FOR OVERSEAS RESETTLEMENT, 60 DEPARTED AUSTRALIA, 140 FOR CANADA, 22 FOR FRANCE, 25 FOR JAPAN, 111 SWEDEN, 8 FOR SWITZERLAND, 55 FOR UNITED KINGDOM AND 116 FOR USA.

MEANWHILE, A TOTAL OF 192 REFUGEES LEFT FOR THE PHILIPPINES AWAIT RESETTLEMENT OVERSEAS.

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HEUNG YEE KUK SPECIAL COUNCILLORS ELECTED

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SEVEN SPECIAL COUNCILLORS FOR THE SOUTHERN ELECTORAL DISTRICT

OF THE 28TH TERM OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK WERE ELECTED TODAY (THURSDAY).

THEY ARE:

HR HỌ FING CHIU

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MR CHEUNG FU

MR LAW KAM-FAI

MR LÀM SAI-CHEUNG

MR YURN WAI

MR FU YUEN-HUNG

MR LO CHUEN-SANG

SWD EXPLAINS SALARY SCALES OF STAFF

IN RESPONSE TO PRESS ENQUIRIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROTEST ACTION ON PAY SCALES BY THE HONG KONG CHINESE CIVIL SERVANTS' ASSOCIATION'S SOCIAL WORK ASSISTANT BRANCH, A SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT THE SALARY SCALES OF THE SOCIAL WORK ASSISTANT GRADE AND THE WELFARE WORKER GRADE WERE RECOMMENDED BY THE STANDING COMMISSION ON CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE.

HE EXPLAINED THAT SOCIAL WORK ASSISTANT IS A RECRUITMENT RANK AND SENIOR WELFARE WORKER IS A PROMOTION RANK.

IN THE CASE OF SOCIAL WORK ASSISTANTS, THEY WOULD HAVE THE CHANCE OF MOVING UP TO HIGHER RANKS IN THE GRADE IN THE LONG RUN WHILE THE POST OF SENIOR WELFARE WORKER IS THE ONLY PROMOTION RANK WITHIN THE GRADE, HE SAID.

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