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Japan's Sugar Education For Industry: Exchanges To Four Classes Of Entrants
Close Down
TOKYO, Nov. 15 (Reuter)—— Following closely on the aboli- tion of the Tokyo rice spot market, last month, the Tokyo and Osaka Sugar Exchanges will be forced to close "their. doors in the near future, zë- cording to reports published here today..
Preoccupied as he is with the technical, economic and administrative problems associated with continuous, and often rapid. development, the industrialist is apt to overlook the need for constant attention to the educational reactions of this de- velopment, and of his associated responsibilities.
On the other hand, and to an equal extent, those concerned with technical education especially may suffer from an un- balanced view as to the value of such education relative to all, the other problems which face the industrialist.
The difficulty of co-ordinating|tained School Certificate or Higher these two points of view is often School Certificate standard; those The enforcement of regulations responsible for an excessive "time-who have had university training; In connection with control of lag" between the incidence of a and those adults who enter at any commodity prices, it is stated, new technique in industry and the age and from any educational has killed the hopes of sugar preparation of a personnel cap-level. dealers and brokers that the able of handling and utilising it market would be allowed to effectively. operate somehow.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1939. —PAGE
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Of the first three classes," the contains the There are four main classes of university" group entrants into industry, namely, smallest proportion of misfits. those who enter at the school- the lowest entry level, economic
from
conditions elementary, need. and local
from determine the choice of vocation.
vocational The importance of secondary schools who have at-
An application to the Commerce leaving age and Industry Ministry for formal funtor technical," central and employment may, 'and usually do. permission to dissolve the Ex-secondary schools: those change has been granted,
The last general meeting of the Board of Directors, of the Tokyo Sugar Exchange shortly
will be
hold
HONGKONG MINES
output
The Hongkong Mines during October amounted to 5302 short dry tons of ore treated, from which 51269 dry tons of Lead Concentrates were produced, averaging 60.10 per cent. and 13.49 02. Silver per ton.
ABRUPT FALL IN STERLING NEW YORK, Nov. 15 (Beu- ter)-After rising nearly" three cents sterling dropped abrupt- ly. The renewal of Dutch and Far Eastern selling later was steadier, while the market discounted Ger- apparently many's rejection of the neutral states mediation proposal,
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guidance in the early years cannot be too highly stressed, and al- though good work is being done in this direction much more is need- ed; it should in fact be accepted as a responsibility by every corppe- tent teacher. Such acceptance mplies familiarity with local con- ditions and opportunities.
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One useful adjunct might be the keeping, from school entry age onwards, of record of" the particular characteristics. apti- tudes and preferences displayed by' the pupa.
LOWEST STAGE Such a record would be of con- siderable value at the time when discrimination is made between and secondary junior technical Junior commercial schools. For those entering industry at the lowest stage there is, at present, Tomina little conscious preparation for industry from the educational point of view other than that in. the juntor technical schools.
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Balen Nominal
WED.. 15.
arerollers
NOV.
Banks
$1300 H.K. Banks
£84
Do. (Col. Reg.)
£84
Do. (Lon. Beg.)
8
Chartered Banks
$200
871
1971 Mercantile Bks. “A” Marcantils Bks. "0"
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Bank of East Asia'
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Insurances
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31
Underwriters
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Shipping
$70
Douglas
312
Steambosta
$60
Indo-Chinas
(Prot.)
830
Indo-Chinas (Del.)...
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$4.90
$4.20
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Mining
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H.K. Hotels aintzi #33 H.K. Landa .........5.
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par
H.K. Besities .............. $71 Humphrey................. $100 Chinese Estates......
Cotton Mills
$22 Ewo (8.)
$175 9hat Cottons (B.) ...
$42
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£64
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The practical Industrial given in these schools, for at least
FIRST-CLASS
Telephone No. 50451
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Alterations undertaken on Ladies' Furs and Foxes.
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at least DILUTION IN
the two final years, is of defnite £289 advantage. Whether the selection ...£117/16 of those proceedings to the junior technical school could be improved is open to question, but there is certainly no doubt 01 the
$72
30 ct
$20
I.D.
8390
advantage of this period of educa-
$1
3170
tion to those who do follow it.
RAPID ADVANCE
$70
316
$50
enter
$20 84/4)
$8
$19
ARMS INDUSTRY
A much greater proportion of FIRMS AND UNIONS!
junior technical school pupils who
industry advance rapidly than is the case with their fellows not 30 educated. Indeed, the tendency is for many of them to be recruited to the ranks of foremen. $101 Junior managers, draughtsmen and 24.15 so on, with the result that the
equally important feld of arti sanghip is not very well fed nu- 8904merically from this source. $14 Records of one factory, compiled over a period of years, show that, whereas
of the 64 per cent. entrants from elementary schools became artisans, less than 10 per cent. of the entrants from junior technical schools did so, in the same period.
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$491
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$14.00 $14.90
$5
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97 40 Pasic Trans (old)
$3.70 Peak Trama (new) ...
381 Star Barrios
BIR
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Do. (e) Chins
Light (0)
China Lights (New)
Ching Lights Rta. H.K. Electrics Macao Electrics .......
$119 Sandakan· Lightn (Telephones (old)
$7,80 Telephone (ww) 18/0 Tractions
18/8 Tractions (přef.)
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$19 Dairy Farin (New)
Ch. E'tainmen
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PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE The type of industrial training re- quired for the manual worker who aspires to learn a trade or acquire a craft consists of a long period of practical experience with the tools, $21.90 materials and processes of his $170
chosen trade or craft, and accom- $42
panying classroom education which may be secured by evening $15 99/16.10
study in a local part-time institu- tion, by part-time day training, or $7.40 $3.70 in a works' school during working Stu hours.
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The character of these studiez varies considerably, but it is be- coming increasingly desirable that they should lead to National Certi- acates, as a 'course of this type provides sufficient basic technical knowledge. Moreover, it provides a 87.10 good basis for further study for the youth who is worthy of promo- 29/-
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Dilution of labour in the arins industry was discussed recently by representatives of the Engineer ing and Ailled Employers National Federation and the Confedera tion of Engineering and Shipbuild- ing Uniona, The Confederation comprises 35 unions, with an 48- gregate membership of more than $1,000,000,
The dilution agreement reached recently between the Amalgamat- ed Engineering Union and the employers, permitting the employ- ment of on alterative class of worker on jobs hitherto done by skilled workers, was considered. An arrangement
made under which the employers and the 34 unions will keep in constant touch 50 as to expedite the solution of labour problems arising out of the
war.
was
It was agreed that full rates should be paid for time lost by engineering workers during air raid warnings, whether engaged on day or night shifts, or on overtime.
BUS LIGHTING Municipal transport authorities and the Transport and General Workers Union have approached the Home Secretary with a view to securing a relaxation of the existing restriction of lighting of public service vehicles.
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H. K. STOCK EXCHANGE
November 15.
$76
$1.88 $7.90
600
88'
|H.E, Gort. #1% Losa
96%
$41
H.E. Wing O
841
B'hal Wing On .......
$10
BUYERS
Vibro Piling
481
China Lights (Old)," $7,60,
15,3
| Maramana Inv. (Lam.)
Yaumati Ferries, $224.
4/0
Electrics, $491.
Mursmans Inv. (HK.)
Wm. Powella ¡®Sales, to ‹ Bhanghai
The morning's trade was quiet and devoid of any special feature.
Telephones (Old), $204. Cements, $14.80.
The memorandum makes it clear EYE-GENE
that trench-digging and sandbag- ging do not come under the cate- gory of ARP work, and should be carried out by a local authori- ty either by direct labour or "by contract.
Entertainments, $6
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H.K. Govt, 31% loan,
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Providents, $4.20 H&S, Hotels, $4.55, Tramways, $15.95,
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