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Federation of Hong Kong Industries, the Chinese Manufacturers' Association, the two Universities and the Hong Kong Technical College.
The executive instrument of the council is the Hong Kong Productivity Centre which was formally established on April 1, 1967. The centre co-ordinates the activities of persons and organisations engaged in the study and development of productivity techniques in industry; collects and disseminates information relating to productivity and provides training in productivity techniques. Over 20 professional and administrative officers had been appointed to the staff of-the centre by the end of 1969 and recruitment continues.
The centre's activities are grouped under four main divisions, namely Manpower Development, Operations (which includes consultancy services for industry), Research and Administration. Its premises are in Gloucester Building in the heart of the business district of the island and comprise administrative and consultancy offices, lecture rooms, a technical reference library, a methods laboratory, a small workshop and an audio-visual studio.
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The centre's courses, conducted both in Chinese and in English, are designed for participants at various levels of management structure. Films and other audio-visual aids are extensively used to illustrate productivity principles and techniques. Two mobile audio-visual teams assist in in-plant training programmes, which concentrate mainly on production management techniques. Most of the courses are conducted by the centre's own instructors, whose qualifications include high academic and professional attainments and many years of practical experience in industry.
The Government has been for some years a member of the Asian Productivity Organisation. The present Deputy Chairman of the Productivity Council has been appointed by the Governor as Hong Kong's director on its Governing Body and the Executive Director of the Productivity Centre is Alternate Director.
Hong Kong was represented at the 9th Workshop Meeting of directors of National Productivity Centres of the APO (at New Delhi in January 1969) and at the 10th Governing Body Meeting (in Manila in May 1969) at which meeting Hong Kong's
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