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FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1976
+THE INTERIM PERIOD WOULD GIVE EMPLOYERS TIME TO GET TO KNOW THE PROVISIONS OF THE NEW LEGISLATION AND PREPARE THEMSELVES TO COMPLY WITH THEM, HE SAID. IT ALSO ALLOWED THE TEACHING INSTITUTIONS TO GEAR THEMSELVES UP TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY TECHNICAL COURSES.
MR. HENDERSON POINTED OUT THAT IN THE EARLY STAGES THE LAW WOULD BE ENFORCED WITH DISCRETION.
OFFICERS OF THE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING DIVISIONS OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WOULD ASSIST EMPLOYERS WHO NEEDED HELP IN UNDERSTANDING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ORDINANCE.
UNDER THE ORDINANCE THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR WILL :-
(1)
(11).
(111)
(IV)
ADVISE AND ASSIST EMPLOYERS IN THE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING OF APPRENTICES,
CO-OPERATE WITH TECHNICAL INSTITUTIONS IN ENSURING THAT APPRENTICES OBTAIN THE NECESSARY AMOUNT OF RELATED TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION,
GENERALLY SUPERVISE THE ON-THE-JOB TRAINING OF APPRENTICES, AND
INVESTIGATE COMPLAINTS FROM AND ENDEAVOUR TO SETTLE DISPUTES BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND APPRENTICES.
TO ENABLE THE COMMISSIONER TO CARRY OUT HIS FUNCTIONS, THE ORDINANCE ALSO EMPOWERS HIM TO :
(1) REQUIRE AN EMPLOYER TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE TRAINING, (11) REQUIRE AN EMPLOYER TO SUPPLY INFORMATION CONCERNING
THE EMPLOYMENT OF YOUNG PERSONS IN DESIGNATED TRADES,
(111) REQUIRE AN EMPLOYER TO MAKE RETURNS AND REPORTS,
(IV) SPECIFY THE PERIODS OF APPRENTICESHIP, AND
(V) LENGTHEN OR SHORTEN THE PERIOD OF APPRENTICESHIP IN
CERTAIN CASES.
NOTE TO EDITORS :
A PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE EFFECT OF THE ORDINANCE AND REGULATIONS WILL BE HELD AT G.I.S. THEATRE, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, AT 3.00 P.M., MONDAY (JULY 19), MR. H.R. KNIGHT, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER (INDUSTRIAL TRAINING), MR. T.Y. CHUI, SENIOR INDUSTRIAL TRAINING OFFICER, AND MR. AU-YEUNG MAN-TAK, INDUSTRIAL TRAINING OFFICER, WILL BE THERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER TO ATTEND THE PRESS CONFERENCE.