XN000022-1994-07-19 — Page 4

TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1994

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QUESTION: GOVERNOR, HOW WOULD YOU VIEW THE STATE OF SINO-BRITISH RELATION AND THE VIEW OF MR GOODLAD FOR A POOR RECEPTION FROM CHINA?

GOVERNOR: I'M VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING MR GOODLAD WHEN ARRIVES IN HONG KONG TOMORROW AND DISCUSSING THIS SITUATION WITH WE ARE KEEN TO CO-OPERATE IN THE INTERESTS OF THE LIVELIHOOD AND WELL- BEING OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG. WE HEAR FROM TIME

ΤΟ TIME THAT CHINESE OFFICIALS SAY THAT THEY ARE KEEN TO CO-OPERATE AS WELL.

WELL, THERE'S A SAYING THAT DEEDS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS. WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO SEE DEEDS TOO. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

QUESTION: IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT THE FOREIGN MINISTRY THEN SAID THAT MR LU SAID THAT BOTH SIDES POLITICAL PARTS ARE VERY CLEAR SO THERE'S NO REASON FOR A MEETING. ARE YOU VERY KEEN ON MEETING MR LU PING?

IT GOVERNOR: I DON'T THINK THAT MOST PEOPLE IN HONG KONG BELIEVE THAT IS SENSIBLE FOR SENIOR OFFICIALS TO WALK AWAY FROM THE TABLE, I THINK THAT MOST PEOPLE IN HONG KONG BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD BE TALKING TOGETHER, EVEN WHEN WE DISAGREE, TRYING TO NARROW THE AREAS OF DISAGREEMENT AND TRYING TO FIND ALL THOSE AREAS WHERE WE CAN CO- OPERATE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF HONG KONG. THAT'S WHY EVERYONE ELSE DOES IN THE WORLD AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD DO AS WELL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

LOCAL WORKERS BETTER EDUCATED

THE NUMBER OF LOCAL WORKERS WITH TERTIARY EDUCATION IS PROJECTED TO INCREASE FROM 10.1 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL MANPOWER SUPPLY IN 1991 TO 16.1 PER CENT IN 2001, ACCORDING TO THE FINDINGS OF THE REPORT "MANPOWER 2001 REVISITED"

THE REPORT PRESENTS THE RESULTS OF THE THIRD MANPOWER PROJECTION CONDUCTED BY THE EDUCATION AND MANPOWER BRANCH. THE REPORTS ON THE PREVIOUS PROJECTIONS WERE PUBLISHED IN 1990 AND 1992.

THE LATEST STUDY SHOWS THAT OF THE 2,757,500 WORKERS IN 1991, 279,800 WERE AT TERTIARY EDUCATION LEVELS. THIS COMPARES WITH 3,106,100 WORKERS PROJECTED FOR 2001, OF WHOM 501,000 WILL POSSESS EITHER SUB-DEGREE OR FIRST DEGREE AND ABOVE QUALIFICATIONS.

IT ALSO FINDS THAT SUPPLY OF MANPOWER WITH FIRST DEGREE AND ABOVE QUALIFICATIONS WILL INCREASE FROM 173,000 PERSONS IN 1991 то 320,800 PERSONS IN 2001.

OF THESE GRADUATE WORKERS, 106,600 WILL BE NEW WORKERS ENTERING THE WORKFORCE DURING 1992 TO 1996 AND THERE WILL BE ANOTHER 116,600 NEW GRADUATE WORKERS DURING 1997 TO 2001.

DURING THESE PERIODS, 39 PER CENT AND 48 PER CENT OF THESE NEW ENTRANTS WILL BE LOCAL GRADUATES RESPECTIVELY.

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