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TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1993

FOR

I AM NOT AWARE, MYSELF, OF OFFICIALS HAVING PUT TO ME PROPOSALS IS THE CHANGES BUT I WILL CERTAINLY LOOK INTO THAT TO SEE IF IT CASE. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE PROCEDURES ARE LIKELY TO BE REVIEWED IN WHICH IS THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR AND I AM SURE THAT THE DISTINCTION

CAN BE MADE BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AND BUSINESS PROPERTIES CONSIDERED AT THAT TIME.

MR PANG CHUN-HOI:

IN YOUR POLICY ADDRESS, MR GOVERNOR, YOU HAVE PUT IN $300 MILLION FOR THE RE-TRAINING FUND AND THIS SHOWS THEIR JOBS. THE CONCERN OF THE GOVERNMENT FOR THOSE WHO ARE LOSING

SEX, AND YET AT THIS POINT REGARDING THE EMPLOYERS' NEEDS, REGARDING

AGE, THERE SEEM ΤΟ AND

BE CERTAIN QUALIFICATIONS ACADEMIC

THEREFORE RESTRICTIONS. THE GOVERNMENT IS ALSO IMPORTING LABOUR AND

THEY THE MIDDLE-AGED WORKERS WHO ARE BEING RE-TRAINED ARE AFFECTED.

THEREFORE THEY CAN'T HAVE A VERY LOW EDUCATION STANDARD TOO, AND REALLY BENEFIT FROM THE EXISTING RE-TRAINING SCHEME.

GOVERNMENT HAVE IN M) QUESTION IS: WHAT FLANS DOES THE

WHO HAVE AND

VERY LOW ORDER то HELP THOSE WHO ARE MIDDLE-AGED EDUCATION STANDARDS, BECAUSE THEY ARE IN A VERY DIRE POSITION?

ΤΟ CO-ORDINATE AT THE SAME TIME, WOULD YOU CONSIDER AN AD HOC GROUP

WILL

THE GOVERNMENT THE

OF DEPLOYMENT

MANPOWER?

GOVERNMENT IMPORTATION

SCHEME, AND WILL THE COMPREHENSIVE LONG-TERM LABOUR POLICY?

OF LABOUR

AND

REVIEW

THE SET UP A

SO MY

то HELP

AT THE SAME TIME, WOULD YOU CONSIDER AN AD HOC GROUP THE DEPLOYMENT OF MANPOWER? WILL. THE

REVIEW GOVERNMENT

OF IMPORTATION

SCHEME, LABOUR

AND WILL THE GOVERNMENT SET COMPREHENSIVE LONG TERM LABOUR POLICY?

HAVE WHAT PLANS DOES THE

IN QUESTION IS:

GOVERNMENT AND WHO ARE MIDDLE-AGED THOSE ORDER

WHO HAVE VERY LOW AND EDUCATION STANDARDS, BECAUSE THEY ARE IN A VERY DIRE POSITION?

ΤΟ CO-ORDINATE

THE

UP

A

THE

GOVERNOR:

I

THINK THAT

IT IS

IMPORTANT IN

LIKE

THE

FACTS,

WORK. WITHOUT

IN THE WHO ARE AT THAT THE SCHEME IS

A QUESTION LIKE ANSWERING

THAT, WHICH IS OF VERY CONSIDERABLE SIGNIFICANCE FOR HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND FOR ISSUES

ECONOMIC ABATEMENT OF INFLATION. TO REMEMBER SOME OF THE THINK

VACANCIES I

I AM RIGHT IN SAYING THAT THE NUMBER OF LABOUR MARKET CONSIDERABLY EXCEEDS THE NUMBER OF THOSE PRESENT

I THINK I AM ALSO RIGHT IN SAYING NUMBER OF WORKERS BROUGHT IN UNDER THE LABOUR IMPORTATION ALMOST

LOWER CERTAINLY

THAN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

THE NUMBER UNEMPLOYED AND THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES. THE NUMBER WHO ARE BROUGHT ONE IN UNDER THE LABOUR IMPORTATION SCHEME REPRESENTS, I THINK, ABOUT

SO IN MY OWN VIEW, PER CENT OF THE TOTAL WORKFORCE IN HONG KONG.

THE COMMUNITY'S

TO

NEED

IN MIND THOSE FACTS WHEN WE KEEP CONCERNS ABOUT LABOUR MARKET ISSUES.

ADDRESS

WE

SUCCESSFULLY

I HAVE GOT NO DOUBT AT ALL THAT IN ORDER TO STAY AS COMPETITIVE AS WE NEED TO BE, AND IN ORDER TO COPE WITH INFLATION AS AS WE WANT TO COPE WITH IT, AND IN ORDER TO PREVENT BEING EXPORTED

EFFECTIVELY

WE ELSEWHERE,

AS POSSIBLE.

MANY TOO

JOBS

HAVE TO USE OUR

SUPPLY AS LABOUR

MEMBER IS AND OF COURSE THE HONOURABLE RIGHT TO SAY THAT THAT INCLUDES THOSE WHO ARE OLDER AND MORE MATURE AS WELL

MIDDLE- AS THOSE WHO ARE YOUNGER. MANY OF US, EVEN IN ADVANCE AGE LIKE MYSELF, DON'T THINK WE ARE ENTIRELY PAST IT AND WOULD HOPE TO BR ABLE TO DEVELOP PERHAPS NEW SKILLS IN THE FUTURE.

/I DO