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WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1991

SHORTAGES MR CHAN SAID

WHERE PROBLEM IN HONG KONG, BEEN LOW.

OF

SKILLED

PEOPLE

UNEMPLOYMENT

WERE LEVELS HAD

NOT A TRADITIONALLY

NEW

HAVE HAD

ΤΟ

BECOME ADEPT

AT

FINDING

MANAGERS “HONG KONG SOLUTIONS TO VACANCIES AND SHORTAGES AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO.

THE

"THE APPROACHES ADOPTED INCLUDE RECRUITMENT FROM OVERSEAS;

MORE INTENSIVE TRAINING SUB-CONTRACTING OF SOME WORK OFF-SHORE; AND AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT FOR IT PROFESSIONALS," HE SAID.

0

-

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PROJECTS PROVIDE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

то CLEAN UP ITS ENVIRONMENT HAS

AND · FOR BOTH LOCAL OPPORTUNITIES

OF THE HONG KONG ECONOMIC

JACK

SAID CHAN,

YESTERDAY

HONG KONG'S DETERMINATION PROVIDED ATTRACTIVE BUSINESS OVERSEAS COMPANIES, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR

MR FRANCISCO, SAN AND TRADE OFFICE IN (TUESDAY).

HE WAS ADDRESSING A SEMINAR IN LOS ANGELES HELD

FOR

DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC OF CALIFORNIA COMMISSION LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, MR LEO MCCARTHY.

BY THE STATE

BY CHAIRED

THE

MR CHAN SAID IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS HONG KONG WOULD

ON MASSIVE CIVIL US$30 LEAST

ENGINEERING BILLION PROJECTS TO CLEAN UP THE ENVIRONMENT.

AT

BE SPENDING AND OTHER

TERRITORY'S POLLUTION PROBLEMS HE EXPLAINED THAT MANY OF THE WERE TYPICAL OF THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ECONOMY.

WASTES NORMALLY "IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE ANNUAL GENERATION OF

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT. HONG INCREASES IN LINE WITH POPULATION AND KONG IS NO EXCEPTION.

"OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS, OUR POPULATION

HAS INCREASED BY

30

PER CENT, OUR GDP BY 300 PER CENT AND OUR WASTES ALSO BY 300 PER CENT.

"IT IS THESE WASTES, IN THE WRONG PLACE OR AT THE THAT CAUSE POLLUTION, MR CHAN SAID.

F

WRONG TIME,

TOO LITTLE ΤΟ

CONCEDING OUT THAT IN THE PAST HONG KONG HAD GIVEN EMPHASIS TO THE NEEDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT, MR CHAN SAID IN ADDITION

RESOURCES, ADDITIONAL STAFF WOULD BE FINANCIAL MORE ALLOCATING

IN CONNECTION WITH MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIRED BY THE GOVERNMENT PROTECTION PROJECTS.

HAD ALREADY UP HONG KONG'S

HE TOLD HIS AUDIENCE THAT SOME AMERICAN COMPANIES TAKEN A LEAD IN EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CLEANING ENVIRONMENT.

/"FIVE MONTHS