THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1974
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THIS COULD BE DONE BY GIVING THE COMMISSIGKER FOR LABOUR POWERS TO REQUIRE EMPLOYEES IN APPROPRIATE AND DESIGNATED TRADES TO EMPLOY A CERTAIN RATIO OF APPRENTICES TO THEIR EXISTING SKILLED STAFF, AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING COUNCIL.
HE ADDED: +THIS COULD BE REGARDED BY SOME AS SOMEWHAT DRACONIAN NEASURE, BUT HONG KONG'S INDUSTRY DEPENDS UPON THE SKILL OF ITS WORKERS, AND SIGNIFICANT SHORTFALLS IN ADEQUATE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING MUST BE MET, OR THE LONG-TERII CONSEQUENCES KOULD BE VERY HARMFUL TO HONG KONG'S ECONOHY.
+SO SERIOUS CONSIDERATIONS MUST BE GIVEN TO PROPOSALS OF THIS KIN), UNLESS THERE IS A MARKED UPSURGE OF INTEREST AMONG INDUSTRIALIST TO INITIATE AND INCREASE APPRENTICESHIP SCHEME TO PROVIDE THEIR FUTURE REQUIREMENTS FOR SKILLED WORKERS.+
MR. HENDERSON SAID THE SITUATION NEEDED HIGHLIGHTING BY THE INTRODUCTION OF AN APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR AWARD TO DISCOURAGE THE IDLE APPRENTICES', AND AN AWARD FOR THE EMPLOYER WHO HAD DONE MOST TO PROMOTE APPRENTICESHIP DURING THE YEAR.
SLIGHT INCREASE IN NOTIFICATIONS OF ENTERIC FEVER
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HEALTH RETURNS FOR JULY ISSUED TODAY BY THE MEDICAL
AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT SHOW THAT THERE WAS A SLIGHT INCREASE IN THE NOTIFICATIONS OF ENTERIC FEVER.
IN JUNE, THERE WERE 39 REPORTS OF THIS DISEASE, BUT IN JULY THE TOTAL ROSE TO 48. VIRAL HEPATITIS ALSO ROSE SLIGHTLY FROM 63 IN JUNE TO 69 IN JULY.
NOTIFICATIONS OF MEASLES DROPPED TO 18 FROM 35, AND THAT FOR CHICKENPOX FROM 41 TO 12. THERE WERE NO DEATHS FROM EITHER DISEASE.
THIRTEEN CASES OF BACILLARY DYSENTERY VERE REPORTED, ONE OF CEREBROSPINAL MENINGITIS AND MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTION, AND 44 CASES OF FOOD POISONING.
OF THE 68 DEATHS RECORDED DURING JULY, 58 VERE CAUSED BY TUBERCULOSIS - A DROP FROM THE 75 DEATHS FROM THE SAME DISEASE RECORDED IN JUNE - TUO BY TYPHOID, FOUR BY VIRAL HEPATITIS AND FOUR BY TETANUS.
NO CASES OF DIPHTHERIA WERE NOTIFIED. THE RECORD FOR POLIOMYELITIS ALSO, REMAINED CLEAN WITH NO CASES NOTIFIED. THE INCIDENCE OF OTHER COMMUNICABLE DISEASES SHOWED NO APPRECIABLE VARIATION.
DURING THE MONTH, HONG KONG REMAINED FREE FROM CHOLERA AND OTHER QUARANTINABLE DISEASES.
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