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He was also concerned at the "apparent inaction" in implementing
the recommendations of the Final Report of the Industrial Training
Advisory Committee, including the setting up of the Hong Kong Training
Council.
Mr. Wu described the Final Report as "an unprecedented achievement
and excellent ground-work for planning."
It was evident, Mr. Wu said, that Hong Kong's problem in technical
education and vocational training was not money, or school buildings, but
inexperienced teachers.
He called on the Government to consider the idea of setting up
industrial fellowships to help graduates of the universities and polytechnic
to spend time in selected industries to acquire practical experience and
expertise to become better teachers and professionals.
On industrial development, Mr. Wu called for the promotion of
the metals and light-engineering industries to "tap the high volume markets
of appliances, automative parts, and other advanced technological products."
He urged the Government to set up an industrial park exclusively for
foundries, forges and other metal processing plants.
This, he said, would have a catalytic effect and would go a long
way "to provide for the basic support and to attract foreign investment, thus
realising a true diversification into high technology and capital intensive
industries for better productivity of our labour force."
/Referring