XN000022-1994-03-12 — Page 4

SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 1994

GRADUATES FROM CHINA TO FILL VACANCIES

* * *

THE

GOVERNMENT'S

PROPOSAL ΤΟ ALLOW 1,000 GRADUATES FROM ACCREDITED UNIVERSITIES IN CHINA TO WORK IN HONG KONG IS TO MEET THE URGENT NEED FOR MANAGERIAL AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE IN THE TERRITORY, MONG KOK DISTRICT OFFICER, MR BART IRELAND, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE MONG KOK DISTRICT JOINT SCHOOL VARIETY SHOW, MR IRELAND POINTED OUT THAT THERE WERE CURRENTLY 6,000 VACANCIES IN THESE POSITIONS.

STRESSING THAT THIS ARRANGEMENT WAS NOT PART OF THE LABOUR IMPORTATION SCHEME, MR IRELAND SAID IT WOULD BE TIGHTLY MONITORED

THE GOVERNMENT.

BY

"THE SCHEME MIGHT CONTINUE AFTER A ONE-YEAR EXPERIMENTAL PERIOD. IF IT IS EFFECTIVE, SUCCESSFUL AND WELCOMED, THEN WE WILL CONTINUE WITH IT, HE ADDED.

་་

TURNING TO EDUCATION, MR IRELAND HIGHLIGHTED THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY'S PROPOSAL TO INCREASE RECURRENT EXPENDITURE BY 6.5 6.5 CENT IN REAL TERMS FOR THE COMING YEAR, WHICH MEANS AN ADDITIONAL GRADUATE TEACHERS AND AN EXTRA 672 SECONDARY SIX PLACES IN SEPTEMBER.

"

WE WILL ALSO IMPROVE THE KINDERGARTEN FEE REMISSION THREE YEARS EARLIER THAN WE PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED, HE SAID.

14

PER

980

SCHEME

THE

—

SURVEY ON OPERATIONS OF NT TAXIS

TRANSPORT

DEPARTMENT WILL

CONDUCT

A

SURVEY

ON

THE

OPERATIONS AND FINANCE OF NEW TERRITORIES TAXIS IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.

THAT THE QUESTIONNAIRE AND A

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) SURVEY WAS AN ANNUAL EXERCISE WHICH COMPRISED A METER-READING SURVEY.

QUESTIONNAIRES AND SKETCHES SHOWING THE LOCATIONS OF THE METER- SELECTED FOR READING CENTRES HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO TAXI OPERATORS THE SURVEY.

TAXI OWNERS SHOULD SEND FOR THE METER-READING SURVEY,

THEIR TO 18 AND FROM VEHICLES TO THE METER-READING CENTRES FROM MARCH 14

12.30 PM OR BETWEEN 2 PM AND MARCH 21 TO 25 BETWEEN 9.30 AM AND 4.30 PM FOR METER READING.

QUESTIONNAIRES SHOULD

TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT BEFORE MARCH 23.

BE COMPLETED

AND RETURNED

TO

THE

/THE SPOKESMAN