FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1975
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PROCEDURES FOR THE COLLECTION OF THE TRAINING LEVY WOULD BE
SIMILAR TO THE EXISTING PROCEDURES FOR COLLECTING THE AD VALOREM CHARGES,
SO INCONVENIENCE TO EXPORTERS WOULD BE MINIMAL.
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IN THE CASE OF THE CONSTRUCTION TRAINING LEVY, THE CONTRACTOR AND THE AUTHORISED PERSON UNDER THE BUILDING ORDINANCE (SUCH AS THE ARCHITECT) WOULD BE REQUIRED TO GIVE NOTICE TO THE STATUTORY AUTHORITY OF THE COMMENCEMENT AND COMPLETION OF WORKS, AND THE CONTRACTORS THEMSELVES WOULD VE REQUIRED TO NOTIFY THE AUTHORITY OF THE PAYMENTS THEY RECEIVED.
MR. HENDERSON SAID THE LAST AVAILABLE MANPOWER SURVEY FIGURES SHOWED THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY NEEDED AS MANY AS 700 NEW SKILLED CRAFTSMEN EACH YEAR, AND THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY NEEDED AS MANY AS 17,000 SKILLED MACHINE OPERATORS.
+BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THESE TWO INDUSTRIES, EMPLOYERS HAVE LONG BEEN FACED WITH THE PROBLEM OF HOW TO TRAIN THEIR WORKERS WITHOUT AFFECTING PRODUCTION SCHEDULES,+ HE SAID.
+THESE TWO NEW BILLS WERE INITIATED BY EMPLOYERS IN THE TWO INDUSTRIES AS A SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM, AND TO THE PROBLEM OF HOW TO SHARE THE COST OF PROVIDING PRACTICAL TRAINING TO SKILLED AND SEMI-SKILLED WORKERS,
+TO SUPPLEMENT THESE INDUSTRY EFFORTS TO TRAIN THEIR OWN MANPOWER THE GOVERNMENT WILL GIVE THE TWO STATUTORY AUTHORITIES FREE LAND TO BUILD THEIR TRAINING CENTRES.
*CONSIDERATION IS ALSO BEING GIVEN TO THE PROVISION OF CAPITAL LOANS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION WORK, TO BE REPAID OUT OF THE TRAINING LEVY FUNDS, WHICH WILL ALSO MEET THE CONTINUING COSTS OF THE PROGRAMME,+
MR. HENDERSON SAID MEMBERSHIP OF THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES WOULD INCLUDE INDUSTRIALISTS, REPRESENTATIVES OF EMPLOYER AND OTHER INTERESTED BODIES, TRADE UNIONISTS, AND GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES, IT WAS HOPED THAT
THE AUTHORITIES WOULD BE SET UP NEXT MONTH.
HE SAID IT WAS EXPECTED THAT THE LEVIES WOULD COME INTO FORCE AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR, AND THAT WORK ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TWO TRAINING CENTRES WOULD BEGIN A FEW MONTHS LATER, ENDING IN TIME FOR THE RECRUITMENT OF THE FIRST TRAINEES DURING 1977.
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