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TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 1976
MORE TECHNICALLY SOPHISTICATED LABOUR FORCE
NEEDED IN NEW TOWNS
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THE SCALE OF ACTIVITY GENERATED BY THE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES OF THE NEW TOWNS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS WILL GIVE RISE TO A NEED TO PROVIDE AN EVER INCREASING NUMBER OF. PEOPLE EQUIPPED WITH PROFESSIONAL, TECHNICAL AND MANAGERIAL SKILLS.
THIS WAS POINTED OUT BY MR. E.B. WIGGHAM, DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES TODAY (TUESDAY) WHEN HE OPENED THE CAREERS SEMINAR ORGANISED BY THE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AT ST. FRANCIS XAVIER'S SCHOOL, TSUEN WAN.
+ON THE PROFESSIONAL SIDE, WE WILL NEED DOCTORS, TEACHERS, ENGINEERS, PLANNERS, ARCHITECTS AND SOCIAL WORKERS,+ SAID MR. WIGGHAM.,
REFERRING TO THE MAJOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT NOW IN PROGRESS IN TSUEN WAN AND KWAI CHUNG AND THAT WHICH IS JUST BEGINNING IN THE OTHER TWO NEW TOWNS OF TUEN MUN AND SHA TIN, HE SAID THAT IT WOULD MEAN DEMANDS FOR A MORE TECHNICALLY SOPHISTICATED LABOUR-FORCE THAN AT PRESENT.
HE TOLD THE STUDENTS ATTENDING THE ONE-DAY SEMINAR THAT THE IR PRESENCE TODAY WAS AN INDICATION THAT THEY REALISED THE IMPORTANCE OF THINKING OUT THEIR FUTURE CAREERS AND WERE AWARE THAT THE COMMUNITY COULD BEST BE SERVED BY PEOPLE WHO WERE SATISFIED IN THEIR CHOSEN OCCUPATION.
WATER CUT ***
WATER SUPPLY TO A NUMBER OF PREMISES IN HUNG HOM AREA WILL BE CUT FOR FIVE HOURS FROM 1 A.M. ON THURSDAY TO ENABLE THE WATERWORKS OFFICE TO CARRY OUT A LEAKAGE TEST.
THE AFFECTED AREA IS BOUNDED BY MA TAU WEI ROAD, LOK SHAN ROAD, TO KWA WAN ROAD, NGAN HON STREET, BAILEY STREET, INCLUDING KOWLOON CITY ROAD, SZE CHUEN STREET, HA HEUNG ROAD, CHI KIANG STREET, HUNG FOOK STREET, KAI MING STREET, WING KWONG STREET, WAN TAT STREET, WAN FUK STREET, WAN FAT STREET, WAN SHUN STREET, WAN HING STREET, WAN KING STREET, WAN LOK STREET AND WAN ON STREET.
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