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LET ME COME SPECIFICALLY TO TWO RELATED MATTERS WHICH THE HONOURABLE MEMBER REFERRED TO, FIRST OF OVERALL IMPORTATION OF LABOUR SCHEME, WHICH I THINK WORKS
AT QUOTA ALLOCATIONS WE WILL WANT TO LOOK ONCE AGAIN WELL, THOUGH
OF PROBLEMS
LABOUR WITHIN THE SCHEME, WHERE THERE ARE PARTICULAR SHORTAGE BECAUSE OF SOME MAJOR PROJECT, I THINK WE SHOULD BE ADDRESS THOSE THROUGH THE IMPORTATION OF ADDITIONAL LABOUR TO MEET SPECIFIC DEMAND, BUT I THINK THAT IS A WELL-ESTABLISHED FEATURE OF OUR AND RELATED LABOUR MARKET POLICY IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE MATTER TO WHICH THE HONOURABLE MEMBER REFERS, IS THE SCHEME INTRODUCED TO ALLOW A THOUSAND' GRADUATES OF SPECIFIED CHINESE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS TO COME AND WORK AND RECEIVE A TRAINING WITH EMPLOYERS IN THAT SCHEME, HONG KONG. WE'VE HAD TWO ALLOCATIONS OF JOBS UNDER
WAS ALLOCATIONS ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, AND THE SECOND ONE FOR EXAMPLE
APPLIED FOR HEAVILY OVERSUBSCRIBED, TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED PEOPLE THE NUMBER OF PLACES AVAILABLE WHICH WERE ABOUT A TENTH OF THAT I THINK THAT IS WHY THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER SAID PEKING THAT WE WOULD BE REVIEWING THE SCHEME NEXT YEAR, I DON'T
IT THAT IS A NEW COMMITMENT ON OUR PART, I BELIEVE WE'VE ALWAYS MADE
THE SUGGESTION THAT WE CLEAR THAT WE WOULD WANT TO REVIEW THE SCHEME.
MADE SHOULD EXTEND THE SCOPE OF THE SCHEME TO OTHER INSTITUTIONS WAS
THAT WE'D WANT TO BE CONSIDERED BY PRC OFFICIALS AND IS SOMETHING
THAT THE HONOURABLE PART OF THAT OVERALL REVIEW, SO I DON'T THINK MEMBER SHOULD REGARD THE STATEMENT MADE BY THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION, AND MANPOWER AS REPRESENTING A NEW INITIATIVE BY THE
IN SOME WAY NOR SHOULD HE REGARD THE SCHEME, I DON'T BELIEVE, AS DRIVING A COACH AND HORSES THROUGH OUR EXISTING LABOUR MARKET POLICY. RECOGNISE I THINK IT SHOWS A SENSIBLE FLEXIBILITY IN A POLICY WHICH I IS INEVITABLY CONTROVERSIAL, BUT WHICH I THINK BY AND LARGE MEETS THE LABOUR REQUIREMENTS OF A COMMUNITY LIKE THIS GROWING AS FAST AS THIS, CRITICISMS FROM AS WELL AS WE PROBABLY COULD DO, WITHOUT PROVOKING
KONG LABOUR CONSTITUENCY THAT WE WERE SEEKING TO RETURN HONG SWEAT SHOP ECONOMY.
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MR PANG CHUN-HOI (FOLLOW UP):
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THAT HERE NECESSARY, BUT MY QUESTION IS, LAST MONTH YOU SAID GOVERNMENT WOULD NOT EXPAND THE IMPORTATION SCHEME, CONCERNING
THAT GENERAL SCHEME THE QUOTAS WOULD NOT BE EXPANDED, BUT NOW YOU SAY
IN OTHER WORDS YOU A REVIEW IS UNDER WAY TO LOOK AT THE LABOUR MARKET,
SO, ANY COMMENTS? ARE GOING BACK ON WHAT YOU SAID LAST MONTH.
BETWEEN COVERS REVIEW OF, WHICH COVERS A I CAN MAKE THAT I DON'T
LET ME DISTINGUISH ONCE AGAIN GOVERNOR:
WHICH SCHEME THE OVERALL SCHEME, THE IMPORTATION OF LABOUR TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND JOBS WHICH WE ARE NOT UNDERTAKING A AND THE IMPORTATION OF GRADUATES FROM CHINA SCHEME THOUSAND JOBS WHICH WE ARE GOING TO REVIEW NEXT YEAR. DISTINCTION WHICH I HOPE MEETS THE HONOURABLE MEMBER'S POINT. BELIEVE I'VE EVER SAID THAT WE WERE GOING TO REVIEW THE IMPORTATION OF LABOUR SCHEME AS A WHOLE, BUT WE ARE REVIEWING THE SCHEME DEALING WITH GRADUATES FROM THE PRC. I HOPE THE HONOURABLE MEMBER CAN BE WITH THAT EXPLANATION.
SATISFIED
/MR HA
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