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Labour importation for new airport projects

Following is a question by the Hon Michael Ho Mun-ka and a written reply by the Acting Secretary for Education and Manpower, Miss Jacqueline Willis, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):

Question:

With regard to the importation of labour for the new airport projects, will the Government inform this Council:

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

of the procedures for the importation of labour for such projects (including the determination of wage rates, approving criteria and ancillary conditions);

of the respective numbers of local and imported workers employed for each of the projects under the Airport Core Programme up to the present

moment;

of the types of jobs with imported workers, together with a breakdown of the number of imported workers and their wage levels in each type;

whether the Government has made an estimate of the types of jobs as well as the respective numbers of imported workers required for each type under various airport projects requiring importation of labour in 1996; if so, what are the details of the estimate; and

whether the Government has made an assessment of the impact which an expanded quota of imported workers for the airport projects will have on the wage increase of local construction workers in the next few years; if so, what is the out-come of the assessment?

Reply:

Mr President,

My reply to the Honourable member's question in seriatim is as follows: