MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1976
HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL'S SECOND REPORT NOW ON SALE
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THE SECRETARY OF THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL, MR. HORACE KNIGHT, TODAY URGED EMPLOYERS IN VARIOUS INDUSTRIES IN HONG KONG TO STUDY THE PUBLICATIONS PREPARED BY THE TRAINING COUNCIL ON THEIR PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES AND TAKE ACTION ACCORDING TO THE TRAINING RECOMMENDATIONS GIVEN.
HE SAID: +ONLY WHEN THE TRAINING RECOMMENDATIONS REACH THE EMPLOYERS AND ACTED UPON BY THEM WILL WE SEE THE OBJECTIVES OF THE TRAINING COUNCIL ACHIEVED.+
MR. KNIGHT MADE THESE REMARKS WHEN HE ANNOUNCED THE PUBLICATION OF THE SECOND REPORT OF THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL WHICH IS NOW ON SALE AT $5 A COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT THE STAR FERRY CONCOURSE.
THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL, HE EXPLAINED, WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ADVISING THE GOVERNOR ON MEASURES NECESSARY TO BRING ABOUT A COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM OF MANPOWER TRAINING GEARED TO MEET THE DEVELOPING NEEDS OF HONG KONG'S INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE.
REFERRING TO THE REPORT. MR. KNIGHT SAID: THE PUBLICATION GIVES A COMPREHENSIVE SUMMARY OF THE WORK DONE AND PROGRESS MADE BY THE TRAINING COUNCIL AND ITS COMPLEX OF 10 INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARDS, FIVE SPECIALIST COMMITTEES, AND TWO AD HOC COMMITTEES IN THE PERIOD FROM APRIL 1975 TO MARCH 1976.
+DURING THIS PERIOD THE BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING. ELECTRICAL. TEXTILE, ELECTRONICS AND THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARDS HAVE MADE, THROUGH MANPOWER SURVEYS, COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENTS OF THE TECHNICAL MANPOWER NEEDS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE
INDUSTRIES.
+THEIR FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO BOTH THEIR INDUSTRIES AND THE GOVERNMENT ON MEASURES NECESSARY TO MEET THE SKILLED MANPOWER NEEDS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE INDUSTRIES ARE CONTAINED IN THE REPORTS ON THE RESPECTIVE MANPOWER SURVEYS, HE ADDED.
IN ADDITION, MR. KNIGHT SAID, THE CLOTHING, PLASTICS AND THE AUTOMOBILE REPAIRS AND SERVICING INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARDS HAD PREPARED JOB STANDARDS FOR ALL THE PRINCIPAL JOBS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE INDUSTRIES,
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB STANDARDS WAS TO ASSIST EMPLOYERS IN PREPARING ON-JOB TRAINING PROGRAMMES OF THEIR EMPLOYEES.
COMMENTING ON THE LATEST SERIES OF MANPOWER SURVEYS OF THE 10 MAJOR INDUSTRIES, MR. KNIGHT SAID THESE INDICATED THAT THE NUMBERS PRESENTLY UNDER TRAINING FELL SHORT OF THE INDUSTRIES' OVERALL ANNUAL DEMAND OF ABOUT 3,000 TECHNICIANS AND 6,000 CRAFTSMEN.
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