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The extension of the Convention to Hong Kong is strongly supported by the legal and judicial sectors. The proposed Bill puts into effect the Convention after its extension to Hong Kong.

Thank you, Mr President.

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Provision of manpower in the construction industry

Following is a question by the Hon Lee Cheuk-yan and an oral reply by the Secretary for Education and Manpower, Mr Joseph W P Wong, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):

Question:

Regarding the demand for construction workers and their training, will the Government inform this Council:

(a) whether it has made an assessment of the demand and supply of construction workers in the coming five years; if so, of a breakdown of the demand and supply by work type;

(b)

if the answer to (a) above shows an imbalance in the demand and supply of construction workers, of the plan in place to resolve the problems arising from such a situation; and

of a breakdown by work type of:

(c)

(i)

(ii)

the numbers of construction workers who have participated in short or long training courses organized by the Construction Industry Training Authority, Employees Retraining Council and other public vocational training bodies respectively in the past

year;

the number of construction workers expected to receive training provided by these organisations in the coming five years?