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SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 1975
+WE DELIBERATELY AIMED OUR RECRUITING EXERCISE AT THIS, BECAUSE IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT PEOPLE IN INDUSTRY HAVE THE GREATEST COUFIDENCE IN OUR OFFICERS TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNISE AND DISCUSS TRAINING PROBLEMS, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, PROVIDE POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO THEM.
+THE NEW OFFICERS - WHO WILL CARRY THE TITLES OF INDUSTRIAL TRAINING OFFICER OR ASSISTANT INDUSTRIAL TRAINING OFFICER - HOLD QUALIFICATIONS AWARDED BY RECOGNISED INSTITUUUTIONS IN HONG KONG AND OVERSEAS.+
MR. KNIGHT SAID THE TASK FORCE WOULD TAKE A TWO-PRONGED APPROACH TO THE PROBLEM OF INDUSTRIAL MANPOWER IN HONG KONG.
AS SECRETARIES OF TRAINING BOARDS OF THE TRAINING COUNCIL, THEY WOULD CONDUCT REGULAR MANPOWER SURVEYS IN INDIVIDUA
INDUSTRIES TO FIND OUT THE NEEDS AT ALL LEVELS AND TO BUILD UP A BASIS FOR FUTURE MANPOWER PROJECTION AND PLANNING.
SECONDLY, THEY WOULD ENCOURAGE AND ASSIST EMPLOYERS TO TRAIN IN THE MOST EFFECTIVE, MODERN AND SYSTEMATIC WAY, THE REQUIRED WORKFORCE ACCORDING TO THE NEEDS SHOWN IN THE SURVEYS.
MR. KNIGHT SAID PLANS WERE IN HAND TO SURVEY EVERY MAJOR INDUSTRY AT LEAST ONCE EVERY TWO YEAR.
*THE DIVISION ALREADY HAS A VERY GOOD FRAMEWORK THROUGH THE PROPER APPRENTICE TRAINING SCHEMES ESTABLISHED OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, HE SAID,
+STARTING VIRTUALLY FROM SCRATCH, THERE ARE NOW MORE THAN 180 ESTABLISHMENTS USING OUR APPRENTICE-TRAINING SCHEMES, INVOLVING ABOUT 3,000 APPRENTICES WE HAVE PLACED WITH THEM.
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+BUT WE MUST BE FRANK WE HAVE ONLY JUST SCRATCHED THE SURFACE.
+TO ILLUSTRATE WHAT I MEAN, THE FIRST MANPOWER SURVEYS CONDUCTED BY THE DIVISION SHOW THAT HONG KONG'S INDUSTRIES NEED 3,000 NEW TECHNICIANS AND 10,000 CRAFTSMEN EVERY YEAR.
+HOWEVER, WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL, AND WITH A MORE ENTHUSIASTIC RESPONSE FROM INDUSTRY, WE SHOULD SEE A CLOSER CORRELATION DETWEEN THE VOLUME AND QUALITY OF TRAINING AND THE MANPOWER NEEDS OF INDUSTRY.*
MR. KNIGHT STRESSED THAT HIS HIGH-POWERED TEAM OF PROFESSIONALS WOULD ALWAYS BE WILLING TO ASSIST ANY EMPLOYER WHO NEEDED ADVICE OR HELP ON PRODUCING GREATER SKILLS IN HIS WORKFORCE.
*OUR SERVICE IS FREE, BUT THE BENEFITS TO OUR INDUSTRIES ARE TREMENDOUS, HE SAID.
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