5.
(b) By the Financial Secretary
Subject
Report :-
Report of the Inland Revenue Ordinance Review Committee,
QUESTIONS
Dr. S. Y. Chung, pursuant to notice, will ask the following
questions :❤
(1) Referring to the recent disclosure by the Honourable
Director of Education that there are over 400 vacancies in the six existing secondary technical schools, will my honourable Friend clarify (a) how many of these vacancies are in the first year Form One and (b) whether the vacancies in Form One are due to initial insufficient applications or subsequent normal wastage during the year?
(2)
Is the Honourable Director of Education aware of the criticisms which have been made that the curriculum of the six existing secondary technical schools is not sufficiently technical and that the graduates produced are not suitable for immediate employment in industry?
(3) Does the Honourable Director of Education intend to make
any changes in the curriculum of these six schools in order to ensure that the graduates are qualified for immediate employment in industry?
(4)
(5)
Could the Honourable Director of Education say whether any changes could be made in the two new secondary technical schools which are being planned, to enable a truly technical curriculum to be introduced so that the needs of industry for junior technicians can be satisfied?
In view of the facts that in 1980, 5,300 students applied for 670 vacancies in full-time day courses at the Technical College, and in 1957 6, 300 applied for 720 vacancies, does the Honourable Director of Education have plans for the expansion of the Technical College?
STATEMENT ON HOURS OF WORK OF WOMEN AND YOUNG
PERSONS BY MR. R. M. HETHERINGTON, COMMISSIONER OF LABOUR
GOVERNMENT BUSINESS
6
(1)
Bank Notes Issue Ordinance
The Financial Secretary to move the following resolution :-
Resolved, pursuant to the proviso to section 5 of the Bank Notes Issue Ordinance, Chapter 65, that this Council hereby extends the powers of all the note-issuing banks 'to make, issue or re-issue and circulate notes until and including the 12th day of July 1969.
(2) Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill 1968
The Attorney General to move the First reading of :-
A Bill to amend the Criminal Procedure Ordinance.
(3)
Exchange Fund (Amendment) Bill 1968
(4)
(5)
The Financial Secretary to move the First reading of :-
A Bill to amend further the Exchange Fund Ordinance.
Medical (Therapy Education and Research) Bill 1968
Dr. Teng Pin-hul to move the First reading of :-
A Bill to make provision for the use of parts of bodies
of deceased persons for therapeutic purposes and for purposes of medical education and research,
Legal Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 1968
The Attorney General to move the Second and Third readings
of :
A Bill to amend further the Legal Practitioners Ordinance.
(6)/