WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29,
1992
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APPLYING FOR
HE SAID: "WE HAVE STIPULATED THAT ALL EMPLOYERS IMPORTATION OF LABOUR MUST FIRST REGISTER THE VACANCIES WITH THE LOCAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, AND OFFER THESE VACANCIES TO LOCAL WORKERS AT WAGES NOT LOWER THAN THE LOCAL MEDIAN WAGES.
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BY LOCAL "IF ANY EMPLOYER REJECTS THE APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED WORKERS WITHOUT SUFFICIENT REASONS, HE MAY NOT BE GRANTED THE QUOTA HE HAS APPLIED FOR," HE ADDED.
UNSCRUPULOUS REGARDING POSSIBLE DISMISSAL OF LOCAL WORKERS BY
"THIS, EMPLOYERS AS A MEANS TO SECURE IMPORTED WORKERS, MR CHAN SAID:
LABOUR IMPORTATION OF COURSE, IS A BREACH OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE SCHEME. WE HAVE LAID DOWN CLEAR AND DEFINITE RULES WHICH PROVIDE THAT
WORKERS EMPLOYED LOCAL
WITH CANNOT EMPLOYERS
REPLACE CURRENTLY IMPORTED ONES. IN CASE OF REDUNDANCY, EMPLOYERS DISMISS IMPORTED WORKERS FIRST.
IN
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ARE REQUIRED ΤΟ
THAT LABOUR MEASURE, MR ACTUAL FUTURE
IN ΤΟ
SOME THE
QUARTERS WORRY RESPONSE IMPORTATION WILL BECOME A LONG-TERM AND EVEN PERMANENT CHAN SAID WHILST THE GOVERNMENT COULD NOT PREDICT THE DEMAND, IT WOULD REGULARLY MONITOR THE DEMAND AND SUPPLY IN THE LABOUR LABOUR IMPORTATION AND MARKET, CONTINUOUSLY REVIEW THE EFFECTS OF
FOR IMPORTED WORKERS, DECIDE, WHEN NECESSARY, WHETHER THE CEILING CURRENTLY FIXED AT 25,000, SHOULD BE ADJUSTED.
MR CHAN ALSO CLARIFIED THE QUESTION OF RENEWAL OF CONTRACTS FOR IS HE SAID: "RENEWAL OF CONTRACTS IMPORTED WORKERS UP TO SIX YEARS.
EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT NOT AUTOMATIC. THE SCHEME STIPULATES THAT THE WITH AN IMPORTED WORKER CANNOT EXCEED TWO YEARS.
"WHETHER THE EMPLOYER CAN EMPLOY THE SAME
STILL YEARS WILL DEPEND ON WHETHER THE SCHEME IS TIME, AND IF SO, WHETHER HE IS GRANTED THE QUOTA,
WORKER AFTER TWO IN FORCE AT THAT HE SAID.
GOVERNMENT HAD NOT
THE UNDER
NEW SCHEME
THE OF
ACTUAL DEMAND FOR
MR CHAN REFUTED THE ALLEGATION THAT THE SPECIFIED QUOTAS FOR INDIVIDUAL INDUSTRIES BECAUSE IT DID
HAVE A CLEAR IDEA NOT MANPOWER.
BETWEEN DIFFERENCE
THE
HE SAID: "THERE IS IN FACT NOT MUCH PROCEDURE ADOPTED THIS TIME AND THAT UNDER PREVIOUS SCHEME.
DID HAVE A UNDER THE 1990 SCHEME, ALTHOUGH THE GOVERNMENT
DISTRIBUTION QUOTA
AMONG PRIORITY LIST BASED ON OCCUPATIONS, THE
APPLICATIONS INDIVIDUAL INDUSTRIES WAS ONLY DETERMINED AFTER ALL THE
WERE RECEIVED.
THE
"THIS ARRANGEMENT IS AIMED AT MEETING THE ACTUAL DEMAND OF MARKET MORE CLOSELY IN THE ALLOCATION. OF QUOTAS TO THOSE SECTORS WHERE THERE IS A GENUINE NEED," HE SAID.
THE CONSOLIDATED
WE WILL PUBLISH "WHEN WE HAVE RECEIVED ALL THE APPLICATIONS,
THE OMELCO MANPOWER AND FURTHER CONSULT FIGURES PANEL. WE WILL ALSO PUBLISH THE QUOTAS ALLOCATED TO DIFFERENT SECTORS
HE SAID. AFTER ALLOCATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE,
/MR CHAN
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