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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1992

OPEN DIALOGUE ON LABOUR IMPORTATION SCHEME

DIALOGUE

BETWEEN

AND LABOUR AND MANPOWER (TUESDAY) TO

AN OPEN

GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS REPRESENTATIVES PROPOSED BY THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR WILL BE HELD ON MARCH 3 DISCUSS QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE IMPORTATION OF LABOUR SCHEME AND CLARIFY ISSUES ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF VARIOUS MEASURES PROTECT LOCAL WORKERS' INTERESTS.

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DESIGNED TO

40 REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE MEETING WILL BE ATTENDED BY SOME

YIU-CHUNG THE LABOUR SECTOR, INCLUDING LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS MR TAM

EMPLOYEES' REPRESENTATIVES ON THE AND MR PANG CHUN-HOI, THE SIX

IN THE UNIONS LABOUR

AND ADVISORY BOARD

OFFICERS OF MANUFACTURING, CONSTRUCTION, CATERING AND SERVICES INDUSTRIES.

THE

GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS

WORKERS'

WILL INCLUDE

THE SECRETARY

FOR

FOR LABOUR MR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER MR JOHN CHAN, THE COMMISSIONER

ECONOMIC SERVICES BRANCH, DARWIN CHEN, AND OTHER OFFICIALS FROM THE

WHO WILL ASSIST EDUCATION AND MANPOWER BRANCH AND LABOUR DEPARTMENT IN PROVIDING RELEVANT INFORMATION.

IN A LETTER TO MR TAM YIU-CHUNG TODAY (MONDAY) TO BE MADE MR

SAID CHEN

ARRANGEMENTS WOULD REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE EVENT IN FULL.

MEETING,

"WE SINCERELY HOPE THIS OPEN DIALOGUE WILL PROVE TO AND CONSTRUCTIVE, MR CHEN SAID IN THE LETTER.

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CONFIRM

FOR

THE MEDIA

BE USEFUL

THE CONFERENCE ROOM ON THE MEETING WILL START AT 2.30 PM AT THE FIRST FLOOR OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES (MAIN WING), CENTRAL.

COMMENTING ON

THE GOVERNMENT'S

REPRESENTATIVES,

AGREEMENT TO HOLD AN

MR CHEN SAID:

OPEN "THIS IMPORTATION OF IN VIEW OF

THE COMMUNITY

MEETING WITH WORKERS' ILLUSTRATES THE ADMINISTRATION'S CONVICTION THAT LABOUR SCHEME IS IN THE INTEREST OF THE WHOLE HONG KONG'S CHANGING ECONOMIC STRUCTURE.

DOUBTS OVER "BUT AS MANY WORKERS' UNIONS STILL APPEAR TO HAVE

OF DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE SCHEME, PARTICULARLY ON HOW THE INTERESTS

BE

IF THE PROTECTED. ADEQUATELY LOCAL WORKERS CAN

IT WILL HELP

DIRECT WITH LABOUR GOVERNMENT CAN MAKE THE NECESSARY CLARIFICATIONS

CASES OF HARDSHIP REPRESENTATIVES AND ALSO LISTEN TO ANY PARTICULAR THEY KNOW OF."

THE "IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT THAT THE PUBLIC BE FULLY INFORMED OF

HAVE THEREFORE INVITED THE VIEWS OF BOTH SIDES ON THE ISSUE AND WE

HE ADDED. PRESS TO ATTEND THE ENTIRE PROCEEDINGS,

ALL THOSE CONCERNED OF LABOUR SCHEME BETTER

HE SAID.

"WE HOPE THAT THROUGH THIS OPEN DIALOGUE WILL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTATION AND TO EXCHANGE VIEWS IN A CALM AND FRANK MANNER,

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OPEN AGENDA AND THAT MR CHEN SAID THE MEETING WOULD HAVE AN ANY TOPICS RELATING TO THE IMPORTATION OF LABOUR COULD BE RAISED.

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