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TUESDAY, OCTOSER 15, 1974.
FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF H.K. TRAINING COUNCIL
A BUFFET RECEPTION TO MARK THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL WAS HELD AT THE FENINSULA HOTEL TONIGHT.
OFFICIALS OF THE COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF ITS VARIOUS COMMITTEES ATTENDED THE RECEPTION.
THEY WERE WELCOMED BY MR. JAMES WU, VICE-CHA IRMAN OF THE COUNCIL, WHO REPRESENTED THE CHAIBHAI, IR. T.K. ANN.
MR. ANN WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND BECAUSE OF ILLNESS.
GUEST SPEAKER AT THE RECEPTION WAS A VISITING BRITISH TRAINING EXPERT, MR. J.K. DENSHAM, SENIOR TRAINING DEVELOPMENT OFFICER OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S INDUSTRIAL TRAINING SERVICE.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
COPIES OF SPEECHES BY MR. VU AND MR. DENSHAN
ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION IN THE GIS NEWSROOM.
TWO NEW LEGCO MEMBERS TO ATTEND NEW SESSION
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THERE WILL BE TWO NEW MEMBERS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WHEN THE NEW SESSION OPENS TOMORROW CWEDNESDAY).
THEY WILL BE THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KEN TOPLEY, AND
THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR. LAN PRICE.
MR. TOPLEY TAKES THE PLACE OF MR. JACK CANNING WHO RETIRED FROM GOVERNMENT SERVICE MEARLY TUO MONTS AÇO, AND IR, PRICE TAKES THE SEAT PREVIOUSLY HELD BY THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES, MR. DAVID ALEXANDER.
BEFORE TAKING UP HIS POST AS DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. TOPLEY
PRIOR TO THAT HE SERVED IN A WAS 'DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE. NUMBER OF OTHER DEPARTIENTS, INCLUDING COMMISSIONER FOR CENSUS AND STATISTICS FROM 1970 TO 1973.
MR. PRICE HAS BEEN COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR SINCE SEPTEMBER 1973. AFTER SERVING IN MALAYA AND KENYA.
MR. PRICE JOINED THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT IN HONG KONG AS A
HE WAS PROITED TO ASSISTANT SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER IN 1965. COMMISSIONER IN 1968 AND TO DEPUTY COMMISSIONER IN 1971.
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