FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1975
AUTHORITIES SET UP FOR CLOTHING AND CONSTRUCTION TRAINING SCHEMES
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THE APPOINTMENT OF TWO AUTHORITIES WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY TO CARRY OUT COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING SCHEMES TO PROVIDE SKILLED MANPOWER FOR TWO OF HONG KONG'S BIGGEST INDUSTRIES -CLOTHING AND CONSTRUCTION.
CHAIRING THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY TRAINING AUTHORITY IS MR. FRANCIS Y.H. TIEN, WHILE THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING AUTHORITY IS HEADED BY MR. WONG TIN-SUNG.
OTHER MEMBERS APPOINTED TO THE TWO STATUTORY BODIES INCLUDE INDUSTRIALISTS, REPRESENTATIVES OF EMPLOYERS AND OTHER INTERESTED GROUPS, TRADE UNIONISTS AND OFFICIALS FROM RELEVANT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
THE FORMATION OF THE AUTHORITIES FOLLOWED THE ENACTMENT LAST MONTH OF THE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING (CLOTHING INDUSTRY) ORDINANCE AND THE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING (CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY) ORDINANCE.
THE AUTHORITIES ARE TO ADMINISTER THE SCHEMES BY BUILDING TWO SEPARATE TRAINING CENTRES TO PRODUCE QUALIFIED OPERATIVES FOR THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY AND CRAFTSMEN FOR THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.
UNDER THE ORDINANCES. THE TWO CENTRES WILL BE FINANCED BY A TRAINING LEVY ON ALL EXPORT CLOTHING ITEMS AND A LEVY ON THE VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
COMMENTING ON THE APPOINTMENT OF THE AUTHORITIES, THE ACTING ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR. T.Y. CHUI, SAID THIS WAS A SIGNIFICANT STEP FORWARD IN HELPING TO EASE THE SHORTAGE OF SKILLED PERSONNEL FOR MAJOR INDUSTRIES IN HONG KONG.
HE SAID PREPARATORY WORK FOR BUILDING THE TWO TRAINING CENTRES WAS NOW AT AN ADVANCED STAGE. +A SITE OF 15,000 SQ. FT. IN KWAI CHUNG HAS ALREADY BEEN ALLOCATED FOR THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY TRAINING CENTRE.
+THE CENTRE, TO COST SOME $4.2 MILLION, WILL INITIALLY OFFER COURSES FOR SEWING MACHINE OPERATORS, KNITTING MACHINE OPERATORS, LINKING MACHINE OPERATORS, AND PRESSING, CUTTING AND PATTERN MAKING WORKERS. IT IS EXPECTED TO TRAIN 3,600 OPERATIVES EACH YEAR,+ HE SAID.
AS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING CENTRE, MR. CHUI SAID A SITE OF 59,000 SQ. FT. ON THE KOWLOON BAY RECLAMATION IN KWUN TONG HAD BEEN RESERVED FOR THE PROJECT.
/+COSTING ABOUT ....
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