MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1974
NEW POST FOR MR. KNIGHT ******
MR. HORACE KNIGHT HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO A NEWLY-CREATED POST OF ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF LABOUR CINDUSTRIAL TRAINING), 'TO HEAD THE DEPARTMENT'S ENLARGED INDUSTRIAL TRAINING DIVISION.
THE POST HAS BEEN CREATED FOLLOWING THE RECENT SETTING-UP OF THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL, RECOMMENDED BY THE FORMER INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
MR. KNIGHT, WHO WAS BORN IN HONG KONG, IS A CHARTERED MECHANICAL ENGINEER WHO STARTED HIS CAREER AS A TECHNICIAN ENGINEERING APPRENTICE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND LATER READ ENGINEERING AT SOUTHAMPTON AND LONDON UNIVERSITIES. HE LECTURED AT THE HONG KONG TECHNICAL COLLEGE AND HONG KONG UNIVERSIZT. BEFORE HIS APPOINTMENT IN JUNE 1969 AS SENIOR
TRATING OFFICER CAPPRENTICESHIP) WITH THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT. IN MARCH 1971, HE WAS APPOINTED HEAD OF THE THEN NEWLY-CREATED INDUSTRIAL TRAINING DIVISION, AND SECRETARY OF THE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
HE SAID TODAY THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD ALSO APPROVED ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR HIS DIVISION, AND RECRUITMENT TO FILL THE NEW POSTS WAS NOW UNDER WAY.
MR. KNIGHT, WHO IS ALSO SECRETARY TO THE TRAINING COUNCIL, SAID THE ENTIRE NEW STAFF OF HIS DIVISION WOULD CONSIST OF PEOPLE WHO HAD BOTH TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS AND INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE. WE WOULD HOPE TO HAVE ALL THESE NEV TRAINING OFFICERS AT WORK IN A FEW MONTHS' TIME,+ HE SAID.
THE EXPANDED DIVISION WOULD SERVICE THE ENTIRE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL COMPLEX OF INDUSTRIAL TRAINING BOARDS AND COMMITTEES.
IT WOULD ALSO WORK TO ENCOURAGE AND ASSIST INDUSTRY TO START PROPER TRAINING OF THE TECHNICAL MANPOWER NECESSARY FOR THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRY. AT A LATER STAGE, ITS ACTIVITIES WOULD BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE COMMERCIAL AND SERVICE SECTORS.
HE SAID THE COUNCIL WOULD THEN BE IN A POSITION TO ENSURE A COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM OF TRAINING GEARED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF HONG KONG INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE AS THEY DEVELOPED.
+ALL THE 10 INDUSTRIAL TRAINING BOARDS HAVE NOW BEEN SET UP, AND THEY SHOULD BE IN FULL SWING SOON,+ MR. KNIGHT SAID. +THEY COVER HONG KONG'S MAJOR INDUSTRIES - AUTOMOBILE REPAIRS AND SERVICING= BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING= CLOTHING ELECTRICAL APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES- ELECTRONICS= MACHINE SHOP AND METAL WORKING PLASTICS= PRINTING= SHIP- BUILDING AND SHIP REPAIRS AND TEXTILES.
+THE BOARDS WILL FORMULATE POLICY ON INDUSTRIAL TRAINING, MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES, INITIATE ACTION TO IMPLEMENT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS AND EXERCISE A GENERAL SUPERVISORY FUNCTION.
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