HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL — 11 January 1989
香港立法局
一九八九年一月十一日
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At the present rate, the 45 hectares of land remaining on the two estates could well be exhausted within the next three to four years.
To ensure continuity in the supply of industrial land for selected applicants, the corporation has therefore asked the Government to consider granting it a site to develop a third estate. This has been endorsed in principle by the Executive Council and consultants are now carrying out a feasibility study of a large site to be reclaimed to the south east of Junk Bay. Their report is due by the end of March 1989 and provided it is favourable, the corporation will seek a formal land grant from the Government.
The corporation has noticed a growing demand for sites from the supporting and linkage industries over the past few years. This is continuing particularly as the requirement for high quality components builds up. Such industries certainly help to broaden Hong Kong's industrial base and bring new skills to our work force through the application of the latest automated production techniques. I believe that the corporation's industrial estates are best suited to meet the requirements of these and other high technology industries in the years ahead.
In closing, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all members of the corporation's board for their contribution and support; the Industry Department for its co-operation and assistance and the staff of the corporation-25 in all, inclusive of caretakers, for their efforts in the past year in bringing such success to the corporation.
Vocational Training Council Annual Report 1987-88
MR. CHEONG: Sir, laid before this Council is the sixth Annual Report of the Vocational Training Council covering its activities in the year 1987-88.
I would like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to Mr. K.C. CHAN, the outgoing chairman of the Vocational Training Council who helped to steer the activities of the council in the past two years. During this period, many important projects were successfully completed.
The highlight of the year 1987-88 was, of course, the opening by you, Sir, of the Chai Wan Technical Institute, the eighth and the latest technical institute built in Hong Kong and the third built by the council. It is also the largest and has a capacity of 2 700 full-time equivalent student places. With its completion, there are now over 10 500 full-time places in the technical institutes, an increase of over 135% since the council was established in the year 1982 and took over the management of these institutes. The number of part-time places has also increased from about 35 800 to 49 000 in the last six years.