WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1976
CO-OPERATION NEEDED TO ACHIEVE EFFECTIVE
MANPOWER PLANNING AND TRAINING
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MR. HORACE KNIGHT, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR INDUSTRIAL TRAINING) AND SECRETARY FOR THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) SAID THAT EFFECTIVE MANPOWER PLANNING AND TRAINING MUST INVOLVE THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN A PARTNERSHIP WITH BOTH WILLING TO FULFIL THEIR RESPECTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES TO ACHIEVE THE COMMON OBJECTIVE.
ADDRESSING THE ROTARY CLUB, KOWLOON WEST, MR. KNIGHT SAID THE TRAINING COUNCIL FUNCTIONED AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT, THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND THE TRAINING INSTITUTIONS.
THE TRAINING COUNCIL WHICH REPLACED THE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ADVISORY COMMITTEE IN 1973 COMPRISES SEPARATE TRAINING BOARDS FOR HONG KONG'S TEN MAJOR INDUSTRIES AND FIVE SPECIALIST COMMITTEES RESPONSIBLE RESPECTIVELY FOR APPRENTICESHIP, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, TECHNICAL TRAINING IN INSTITUTIONS, INSTRUCTOR TRAINING AND TRANSLATION, ACCORDING TO MR. KNIGHT.
AN AD HOC COMMITTEE ON TRAINING IN COMMERCE AND THE SERVICES WAS ALSO APPOINTED IN 1974 FOLLOWING A DECISION TAKEN BY THE TRAINING COUNCIL TO EXTEND ITS WORK INTO THESE SECTORS, HE ADDED.
THE PRINCIPAL TASK OF THE TRAINING COUNCIL IS TO ADVISE THE GOVERNOR ON THE MEASURES NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS A COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM OF MANPOWER TRAINING GEARED TO MEET THE DEVELOPING NEEDS OF HONG KONG'S ECONOMY, THAT IS, INDUSTRY, COMMERCE AND THE SERVICE SECTOR.
MEMBERS OF THE TRAINING COUNCIL, THE BOARDS AND THE COMMITTEES COMPRISE LEADING INDUSTRIALISTS REPRESENTING THE MAJOR TRADE ASSOCIATIONS AND OFFICIALS FROM RELEVANT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
MR. KNIGHT SAID THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE TRAINING COUNCIL WERE CONTAINED IN PERIODICAL MANPOWER SURVEY REPORTS OF THE INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARDS, ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE COUNCIL AND OTHER DOCUMENTS.
THESE DOCUMENTS WERE WRITTEN FOR ALL ENGAGED IN THE MAJOR SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY IN INDUSTRY, IN COMMERCE AND IN THE SERVICE SECTOR, HE SAID.
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