the British Nationality Scheme. In the medium term, the loss of educated manpower can be replenished to some extent by increasing educational opportunities. This can be achieved partly through the further expansion of tertiary education. and partly by upgrading vocational training. But this in itself cannot make up for the loss of experienced manpower. The third leg of Government's strategy must therefore focus on attracting back experienced manpower. As an illustration of the importance of this third component, manpower projections compiled by Education and Manpower Branch in March 1990 show that the current stock of graduate manpower plus the doubled output of our tertiary institutions will be sufficient to supply only 66% of forecast demand for such manpower in 1996. The remaining 34% can be supplied only from external sources.
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On 18 April 1989, having considered memorandum XCCI(89)(36) on Emigration, Members commented, inter alia,
that
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it would be worth exploring the means whereby information about Hong Kong, in particular the housing and employment situations, could be provided regularly to ethnic Chinese communities living abroad; and
Hong Kong, as an international city, continued to need to attract expertise from abroad if it was to continue to prosper. Therefore, former residents, overseas Chinese who had not previously lived in Hong Kong and other expatriates should be encouraged to live and work in Hong Kong.
On 8 November 1989, the Chief Secretary informed the Legislative Council during the debate on the Motion of Thanks for the Governor's Address that Government was examining a proposal to extend employment advisory services
services overseas to facilitate the return of former residents..
Existing efforts
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Our feedback indicates that there is interest overseas in taking up employment in Hong Kong, and that there is a pool of emigrants among the main destination countries who would be prepared to return. This interest is likely to grow as emigrants obtain settled status or acquire foreign nationality,' and as perceptions of economic recession and unemployment grow in places like North America,-Australia and
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