open camp will contain a bus terminus with major feeder
The impact on routes to the Tuen Mun/Yuen Long area. traffic and public transport facilities will not be excessive, The KCRC has indicated that the LRT has ample capacity to meet the additional demand and that a feeder service to the nearest LRT station at Butterfly estate can be introduced. The Transport Department will monitor the impact on external transport services namely KMB and HYF services and the provision of such services will be adjusted to suit demand,
Employment
5.
It is unlikely that the refugees who are allowed to work outside will take away job opportunities from local residents. The Labour Department has carried out an
At the assessment of job vacancies in the Tuen Mun area. end of August 1988 there were 2,329 job vacancies registered
During August alone at Local Employment Service offices. 638 new vacancies were registered. 51% of the vacancies notified in Tuen Mun in August were in the manufacturing sector 36% of which were connected with electrical machinery, apparatus, appliances and supplies. In the non-manufacturing sector the largest number of vacancies came from the community, social and personal services industries. No figures are available from the construction sector but it can be assumed that a considerable number of vacancies are available..
6.
The pattern of vacancies in Tuen Mun indicates that 56% of vacancies registered with the Local Employment Service are in production and related jobs.
7.
Production and related vacancies in the manufacturing sector include both skilled and unskilled jobs such as technician, motor driver, assembler, packer and delivery hand. Most of the Vietnamese refugees are unskilled and would only be capable initially of doing jobs of a routine nature such
For all the other skilled or as assemblers and packers. unskilled jobs, an ability to speak Cantonese and the possession of tested skills are normally required by employers.
8.
Although most of the clerical and related posts such as clerks, storekeepers and messengers do not require any specific commercial skills, a minimum of Form 3 standard with
Messenger basic knowledge of English is usually required. posts would also require a certain degree of familiarity with Unless the Vietnamese the physical environment of Hong Kong. refugees can prove their abilities employers would find it difficult to consider them for such posts.
9.
The agency responsible for job placement service under the auspices of the UNHCR will look for suitable jobs for refugees throughout the territory and not just Tuen Mun.
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