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FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1975.
FRANCIS TIEN APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF H.K. TRAINING COUNCIL
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LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, MR. FRANCIS Y.H. TIEN, WILL BE THE NEW CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL WITH EFFECT FROM OCTOBER 12 THIS YEAR.
HE WILL SUCCEED MR. ANN TSE-KAI WHO WAS RECENTLY APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.
MR. TIEN, CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF MANHATTAN GARMENTS LTD., HAS BEEN A LEADER OF HONG KONG'S CLOTHING INDUSTRY FOR SOME 20 YEARS. HE JOINED THE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ADVISORY COMMITTEE AS A FOUNDER MEMBER THE PREDECESSOR OF THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL - IN 1965.
HE IS A FELLOW OF THE CLOTHING INSTITUE, A MEMBER OF THE TEXTILE ADVISORY BOARD, HAS BEEN VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL SINCE 1970, AND IS ONE THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC,
HE HAS BEEN THE LEADING PIONEER IN INDUSTRIAL TRAINING IN THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY. HE WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CLOTHING INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE OF THE FORMER INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND IS NOW THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD OF THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL.
AS SUCH, HE PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN THE SPECIAL MANPOWER SURVEYS OF THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY CARRIED OUT BY THE TRAINING COUNCIL TO DETERMINE THE FUTURE TRAINING NEEDS OF THE INDUSTRY.
HE HAS BEEN THE ARCHITECT OF THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTORY TRAINING SCHEME WHICH GREW OUT OF THE RESULTS OF THOSE SURVEYS, AND IS CHAIRMAN OF THE PROVISIONAL CLOTHING INDUSTRY TRAINING AUTHORITY.
THE ORDINANCE PROVIDING A LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR THE SETTING UP OF THE TRAINING SCHEME AND ITS FINANCING THROUGH A LEVY ON EXPORT CLOTHING WAS APPROVED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL RECENTLY, AND THE STATUTORY BODY TO SUCCEED THE PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY AND IMPLEMENT THE SCHEME WILL BE ESTABLISHED SOON.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
FOR COLLECTION.
COPIES OF MR. TIEN'S PHOTOGRAPH ARE BOXED
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