2.1 Estimate of number of enterprises that would initiate retrenchment in the coming year
2.2 Job assessment
2.3 Jobs deleted
2.4 Seafarer training courses organized by Vocational Training Council (VTC)
12.10.98
28.01.99
27.05.99
24.06.99 |
The Administration undertook to check with other bureaux to see if estimates of number of enterprises that would initiate retrenchment in the coming year was available.
The Administration was requested to provide detailed information, including sex and age profiles, on different categories such as returnees and new arrivals, and local people who would be ready to join the workforce, to facilitate a more comprehensive job assessment.
The Administration was requested to provide information on the number of jobs deleted when providing information on the number of jobs created.
The Administration was requested to provide the employment rate of graduates from seafarer training courses organized by VTC, and a comparison of the salary of seafarers in Hong Kong and overseas countries.
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Response awaited.
Response awaited.
Response awaited.
Response awaited.
| | 3. Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Amendment) Bill 1999 and Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Safety Management) Regulation
| 07.01.99
| The Administration was requested to provide a written response to the submission of Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions.
| Information circulated vide LC Paper No. CB(2) 2621/98-99.
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| 4.Communication between the Panel and the Labour Advisory Board (LAB)
| 03.03.99
| The Administration was requested to provide the Panel with the agenda of LAB meetings and to consider ways of improving communication between the Panel and LAB.
| Summary of issues considered at the LAB meeting on 4 May 1999 circulated vide LC Paper No. CB(2) 2030/98-99.
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| 5.Special Finance Scheme for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
| 03.03.99
| The Administration was requested to advise the date of completion of the review on the Special Finance Scheme for SMEs. | Response awaited.
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| 6. Promotion of labour-management communication | 03.03.99 | The Administration undertook to provide a report on the work of the Workplace Consultation Promotion Unit of Labour Department.
| Response awaited.
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| 7. Information on new arrivals from the Mainland and employment statistics on one-way permit holders from the Mainland | 23.03.99 | The Administration was requested to provide details of surveys conducted by various Government departments on new arrivals from the Mainland and employment statistics on one-way permit holders. | To be discussed on 20 September 1999.
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| 8. Progress of Year 2000 compliance exercise in Government departments and Government -funded and Government-regulated organizations responsible for labour and manpower matters | 22.04.99 | The Administration was requested to report on the updated position and contingency plans of all departments and organizations under the purview of Education and Manpower Bureau when the next legislative session commenced in October 1999. | Response awaited.
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9. Manpower requirements for infrastructural projects
9.1 Manpower demand of each trade for construction projects of the two railway corporations in Hong Kong
9.2 Biennial survey of Vocational Training Council on the manpower supply of construction workers
22.04.99
22.04.99 |
The Administration undertook to provide further information on the manpower demand for each trade in the construction projects of the two railway corporations in due course.
The Administration undertook to provide the results in respect of manpower supply of each trade in the construction industry in the VTC survey.
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Interim response circulated vide LC Paper No. CB(2) 2339/98-99.
Interim response circulated vide LC Paper No. CB(2) 2339/98-99.
| 10. Measures to improve industrial safety in the construction industry
10.1 Watchlist of target construction companies
10.2 Causes for fatal accidents in the construction industry
22.04.99
22.04.99
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The Administration was requested to provide information on the progress of improvement in respect of industrial safety of target construction companies put on a watchlist.
The Administration undertook to provide information on the causes for fatal accidents in the construction industry for 1996, 1997 and 1998.
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Information circulated vide LC Paper No. CB(2) 2621/98-99.
Information circulated vide LC Paper No. CB(2) 2621/98-99.
| 11. Research Report on Minimum Wage Systems
11.1 Low pay commission
11.2 Implementation of Article 7 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)
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27.05.99
27.05.99
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The Administration was requested to look into the suggestion of establishing a low pay commission in Hong Kong.
The Administration was requested to provide information on its implementation of Article 7 of ICESCR in relation to ensuring that the remuneration to low income workers should be sufficient for providing them a decent living.
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Response awaited.
Response provided at meeting on 22 July 1999
| | 12.Occupational safety requirements in overseas countries in respect of employees using computers at work | 22.07.99 | The Administration was required to provide information on the occupational safety requirements in overseas countries.
| Response awaited.
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