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SUNDAY, MAY 19, 1974
SURVEY ON AUTOMOBILE REPAIRS AND SERVICING
INDUSTRY BEGINS TOMORROW
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A THREE-WEEK MAJOR SURVEY OF HONG KONG'S AUTOMOBILE REPAIRS AND SERVICING INDUSTRY WILL BEGIN TOMORROW (MONDAY).
THE SURVEY
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THE SECOND OF ITS KIND WILL BE CONDUCTED BY THE AUTOMOBILE REPAIRS AND SERVICING INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD OF THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE TABOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
QUESTIONNAIRES AND EXPLANATORY LETTERS IN BOTH ENGLISH AND CHINESE HAVE BEEN SENT OUT TO VARIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS SELECTED BY RANDOM STRATIFIED SAMPLING.
THE INFORMATION REQUESTED FROM EMPLOYERS INCLUDE: THE NUMBER OF WORKERS AT PRESENT EMPLOYED AND UNDER TRAINING THE NUMBER OF EXISTING VACANCIES= AND A FORECAST OF THE NUMBER OF WORKERS REQUIRED BY MAY 1975.
THE SECRETARY OF THE TRAINING BOARD, NR. AU-YEUNG MAN-TAK, SAID THAT THE INFORMATION COLLECTED WOULD BE HANDLED IN STRICT CONFIDENCE AND WOULD BE PUBLISHED ONLY IN THE FORM OF STATISTICAL SUMMARIES WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ANY INDIVIDUAL ESTABLISHMENT.
HE SAID THE FIRST SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED IN DECEMBER 1967 IN WHICH ALL THE ESTABLISHMENTS SELECTED WILLINGLY SUPPLIED THE
INFORMATION REQUIRED.
+1 AM CONFIDENT THAT THE SECOND SURVEY WILL MEET WITH EQUAL
SUCCESS, + HE SAID.
THE INFORMATION OBTAINED IN 1967 WAS COMPILED AND ANALYSED AND THE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS WERE SUBSEQUENTLY PUBLISHED. SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN IMPLEMENTED.
IN VIEW OF THE MANY CHANGES SINCE THE LAST SURVEY, THE BOARD CONSIDERS IT NECESSARY TO CONDUCT ANOTHER SURVEY TO OBTAIN UP-TO- DATE INFORMATION ON NEW TRAINING REQUIREMENTS.
CAS-MOUNTAIN RESCUE EXERCISE
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THE MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAMS OF THE CIVIL AID SERVICES STAGED AN HOUR-LONG EXERCISE IN THE HILLY AREAS TO THE WEST OF CASTLE PEAK THIS CSUNDAY) MORNING.
THE EXERCISE, PART OF THE CAS BIENNIAL INSPECTION, INCLUDED A SEARCH FOR TWO LOST HIKERS IN DISTRESS IN THE MOUNTAINS, AND CASUALTY EVACUATION BY HELICOPTER AND LAND TRANSPORT.
SQUADRON LEADER D. LOFTS, THE INSPECTOR OF LAND RESCUE, MINISTRY OF DEFENCE, UNITED KINGDOM, WHO IS IN HONG KONG FOR THE BIENNIAL INSPECTION, WAS AT THE SCENE TO ASSESS THE OPERATIONAL SKILL AND CAPABILITY OF THE CAS MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAMS.