MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1974
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+THREE OF THE MAIN COMMITTEES - ON TECHNICAL TRAINING IN INSTITUTIONS= ON APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING= AND ON VOCATIONAL TRAINING - ARE ALREADY OPERATING, AND A COMMITTEE ON TRANSLATION AND A COMMITTEE ON INSTRUCTOR TRAINING SHOULD BE SET UP IN THE NEAR FUTURE.+
THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOUR, MR. NEIL HENDERSON, SAID TODAY= +THE CREATION OF THIS NEW POST OF ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER AND THE EXPANSION AND STRENGTHENING OF THE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING DIVISION WITH SPECIALLY-QUALIFIED STAFF IS AN INDICATION OF THE IMPORTANCE WHICH THE GUVERNMENT ATTACHES TO THE CONTINUING GROWTH OF INDUSTRY.
*WITH THE GROWING SOPHISTICATION OF OUR INDUSTRIALLY-BASED ECONOHY, IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY THAT WE HAVE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF TRAINED MANPOWER, BOTH IN TERMS OF QUANTITY AND QUALITY.
+WITH THE SETTING-UP OF THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL, THE STRENGTHENING OF THE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING SIDE OF LABOUR DEPARTMENT, THE PROJECTED GROWTH IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION FACILITIES AND, HOPEFULLY, A MORE ENTHUSIASTIC RESPONSE FROM INDUSTRY, WE WOULD HOPE TO SEE AN ACCELERATION IN THE PROPER TRAINING OF THE PEOPLE OUR INDUSTRIES NEED.+
NOTE TO EDITORS:
COPIES OF MR. KNIGHT'S PHOTOGRAPH ARE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION FROM THE G.I.S. PRESS ROOM, 6TH FLOOR; BEACONSFIELD HOUSE.
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FIRE SERVICES CONTINGENT IN QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY PARADE ******
AN ADDED ATTRACTION AT THIS YEAR'S QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY PARADE IN KOWLOON WILL BE THE PARTICIPATION IN THURDAY'S MARCH DOWN NATHAN ROAD OF A CONTINGENT FROM THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THIS IS BELIEVED TO BE THE FIRST TIME THE FIRE SERVICES WILL HAVE TAKEN PART IN THE PARADE.
THE CONTINGENT WILL CONSIST OF A LANDROVER, A TURNTABLE LADDER, A PUMP, A HYDRAULIC PLATFORM CSNORKEL), A RESCUE ESCAPE AND A LIGHT RESCUE UNIT. EACH APPLIANCE WILL BE MANNED BY TWO MEN.
THE CONTINGENT WILL MOVE INTO NATHAN ROAD AT ABOUT 11 O'CLOCK AND SPLIT INTO TWO COLUMNS OF THREE. THE POSITION OF THE FIRE SERVICES IN THE PARADE WILL BE BEHIND THE MILITARY AND POLICE UNITS, BUT IN FRONT OF THE MASSED PIPES AND DRUMS.
THE MARCH WILL TAKE ABOUT AN HOUR FROM THE TIME OF ENTERING NATHAN ROAD FROM BOUNDARY STREET UNTIL IT TURNS INTO KANSU STREET AND DISPERSES IN WYLIE ROAD.
PRIOR TO THE MARCH, A PARADE, WILL BE HELD ON THE ARMY POLO GROUND IN BOUNDARY STREET COMMENCING AT 10.30 A.M.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
COPIES OF A PHOTOGRAPH OF SOME OF THE FIRE APPLIANCES THAT WILL TAKE PART IN THE PARADE WILL BE BOXED FOR COLLECTION LATER TODAY.
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