SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 1975
TASK FORCE TO BOOST MANPOWER SUPPLY
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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT IS BUILDING UP A SPECIAL 12-MAN TASK FORCE OF HIGHLY-QUALIFIED AND EXPERIENCED EXPERTS TO BOOST HONG KONS'S SUPPLY OF SKILLED MANPOWER.
THE AIM IS TO HELP INDUSTRY CREATE A RESERVOIR OF PROPERLY- TRAINED TECHNOLOGISTS, TECHNICIANS, CRAFTSMEN AND SEMI-SKILLED WORKERS TO KEEP IT AHEAD OF ITS MAIN TRADING RIVALS,
THE EXPERTS ARE BEING CAREFULLY RECRUITED BY THE DEPARTMENT'S INDUSTRIAL TRAINING DIVISION, WHICH HAS BEEN EXPANDED SINCE THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL WAS SET UP IN LATE 1973. THE ENTIRE TRAINING COUNCIL COMPLEX IS SERVICED BY THE DIVISION.
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WHEN THE TASK FORCE IS FINALLY ASSEMBLED. EACH MAN WILL BE ASSIGNED TO HELP ONE OF HONG KONG'S 10 MAJOR INDUSTRIES MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL, TEXTILES, AUTOMODILE, BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING, SHIPBUILDING, CLOTHING, PLASTICS, ELECTRONICS AND PRINTING.
SIX OF THE NEW RECRUITS HAVE ALREADY JOINED THE DEPARTMENT AND THE REST ARE EXPECTED TO JOIN SOON.
THE NEW OFFICERS, AND THEIR SPECIALITIES, ARE: MR. AU YEUNG MAN-TAK, (MECHANICAL ENGINEERING)- MR. MAK PING-FUN, (ELECTRICAL) - MR. YEUNG PUI-SANG, (TEXTILE)- MR. CHONG SHIK-KAM, AUTOMOBILE REPAIRS AND SERVICING)= MR. HONG MANKAT, (BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING ) = AND HR, HOW NGOI-CHEUNG, (MACHINE SHOP AND METAL WORKING).
THE OTHER OFFICERS TO JOIN LATER WILL COVER SUCH INDUSTRIES AS SHIPBUILDING AND SHIP REPAIRS, CLOTHING, PLASTICS, ELECTRONICS AND PRINTING. THE DIVISION IS HEADED BY MR. HORACE KNIGHT, AN ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR (INDUSTRIAL TRAINING) AND HIS NEWLY-RECRUITED DEPUTY, MR. T.Y. CHUI- BOTH MEN HAVE WIDE EXPERIENCE IN INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT.
MR. KNIGHT SAID TODAY THAT NEARLY ALL THE NEW OFFICERS IN HIS DIVISION - THOSE ALREADY ON THE STAFF AND THOSE TO COME HAVE HAD WORKING EXPERIENCE IN EITHER THE PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SECTOR OR BOTH
*ALL OF THEM ARE EXPERTS IN THEIR OWN FIELDS, AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO INDUSTRIALISTS IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE,+ HE SAID.
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