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Remedies for unemployment problem

Following is a question by the Hon Hui Yin-fat and a written reply by the acting Financial Secretary, the Hon T H Chau, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):

Question:

Regarding the unemployment problem caused by the structural transformation of the territory's economy, will the Government inform this Council of the following:

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(b)

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whether, taking into account the economic restructuring and the ups and downs of different industries, the Government has formulated development strategies to deal with problems arising in the course of such restructuring; and whether the Government has come to grips with the

present situation; and if so, why the Government has not yet adopted appropriate preventive and remedial measures;

whether the concept and mode of training under the Employees Retraining Scheme as well as the source of income of the Employees Retraining Fund will be reviewed, so that the Scheme may be changed to one which will enhance community education for adults, providing occupational training to employees in various industries and help employees to become more flexible and adaptive in changing over to other occupations in future; and

whether it has any plan to encourage employers in the manufacturing sector to place more emphasis on human resources investment locally, so as to remove the mentality of short-term investment and solve the problem in recruiting skilled labour?