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WEDNESDAY, JULY 17,

1991

SUCCESSFUL SMALLER FAMILY

SECONDLY THE SUPPLY OF MANPOWER IN RECENT YEARS

THAN ON THE RISE. A DOWNWARD TREND RATHER ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND THE GROWTH OF A SOCIETY HAVE RESULTED IN ONLY A 81IGHT GROWTH

THE POPULARISATION PAST YEARS. FURTHERMORE,

HAS FOLLOWED

CONTROL OF STRUCTURE

OF POPULATION OF EDUCATIONAL

IN IN THE SERVICE

STUDY YEARS OF GRADUAL DECLINE

HAS BROUGHT ABOUT A GRADUAL EXTENSION OF THE AVERAGE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. HENCE, THERE HAS BEEN A SLIGHT BUT IN THE NUMBER OF LOCAL RESIDENTS JOINING THE WORKFORCE.

THE PAST SETTLE IN ABOUT

THIRDLY, THERE HAS BEEN A CONSIDERABLE GROWTH DURING FEW YEARS IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LEAVING THE TERRITORY TO

YEAR, KONG EACH HONG AMONG THOSE LEAVING FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 12,000 TO 15,000 ARF PROFESSIONALS, MANAGERS AND TECHNICIANS. THEY ARE TALENTS HAS INTENSIFIED ALL IN THE PRIME OF LIFE. THE LOSS OF THESE OUR LABOUR SHORTAGE PROBLEM.

MANPOWER

HAND, THE SCRAMBLE

IN HONG KONG, IMPETUS TO ECONOMIC LIMIT THE WILL

WE

FOR

OUR

WAY

AND

TRADES AND INDUSTRIES HAS ALSO FUELLED

THERE BEING SCARCELY ANY NATURAL RESOURCES HAVE TO RELY MAINLY ON OUR LABOUR FORCE TO GIVE

OF SHORTAGE SUSTAINED AND DEVELOPMENT, POTENTIAL FOR ECONOMIC GROWTIL. ON THE OTHER

IN CERTAIN TALENTS BY OFFERING HIGHER WAGES

SHORTAGF MANPOWER SERIOUS WITH CONFRONTED

THE INTERNAL INFLATION IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, IF WE DO NOT THINK OF A

LABOUR MARKET, TO RETUFY THE IMBALANCE OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND IN THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG WILL BE IMPEDED, LOCAL AND FOREIGN NEW INVESTMENT AS WELL AS REINVESTMENT WILL ALSO ADVERSELY AFFECTED.

INVESTMENT NEW

BE

OUR ECONOMY, AND THE AND REINVESTMENT,

IN ORDER TO ENSURE TIP CONTINUOUS GROWTH OF TO STIMULATI ANIC CO-ORDINATE

ALLOWING EMPLOYERS GOVERNMENT DECIDED TO ADOPT A NEW POLICY IN 1989,

CRAFTSMEN, TECHNICIANS ΤΟ TO IMPORT WITH RESTRAINTS UP TO 3,000 FOREIGN

DECIDED IN 1990, IT WAS AND SUPERVISORS IN A SYSTEMATIC MANNER.

SCHEMI DY APPROVING FURTHER IMPORTATION FURTHER EXPAND THE LABOUR ADMISSION OF 2,700 CRAFTSMEN AND 10,000 SKILLED WORKERS. MOREOVER, ORDER TO COPE WITH THE NEW AIRPORT AND AIRPORT-BELATED GOVERNMENT APPROVED IN

IN

PROJECTS,

THE

WORKERS PROJECTS.

INITIALLY TO FACILITA, 1990 A SEPARATE QUOTA OF 2,000 FOREIGN

THE LAFLY STAGES OF THE NEW AIRPORT

THE PROJECTS, AIRPORT THE NEW IN VEER DE THE 817F AND UNIQUENESS OF

PROJECTS GOVERNMENT CONSIDERED THAT THE PROVISION OF LABOUR FOR THESE

TIF GENERAL LABOUR IMPORTATION FROM SEPARATELY SHOULD BE HANDLED ISSUE.

THE EXISTING I WOULD LIKE TO STRESS THAT

AND SCHEME IS BRING CARRIED OUT SYSTEMATICALLY

TO KILATSOFVER INTENTION. GOVERNMENT UNRESTRAINED IMPORTATION

MAS

LABOUR IMPORTATION

THE

AND

RESTRAINT. WITH

MASSIVE ALLOW

WILL POPFIGN WORLLES,

THAT I TRUST

NO UNDERMINE THE LETTREST OF LOCAL WORKERS.

LARGE NUMBER

UNEMPLOYED OF IN THE WORLD WOULD HOPE TO SEE A

LET ALONE TAKING POSITIVE ACTIONS TO DEPRIVE WORKERS WORKERS

IN OPPORTUNITIES. THIS IS BECAUSE SUCH ACTIONS WILL NOT

BUT WOULD INSTEAD BENEFICIAL

GROWTH FCONOMEL' INSTABILITY, BRINGING GREAT TROUBLES TO THE GOVERNMENT ITSELF.

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TO

SEVERELY GOVERNMENT LOCAL OF JOB ANY WAY BE SOCIAL CAUSE

/ACTUALLY, THE