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TO PRODUCE THE NECESSARY SKILLED MANPOWER, TECHNICAL EDUCATION MUST BE SUPPLEMENTED BY ADEQUATE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING, HE SAID.
+OTHERWISE, HE SAID, WE WOULD BE TURNING OUT ONLY HALF FINISHED PRODUCTS WHICH WOULD NOT DO EITHER THE GRADUATES OR
INDUSTRY ANY GOOD.+
MR. CHEN FURTHER SUGGESTED THAT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE TWO CLOSELY RELATED ASPECTS OF MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT BE VESTED IN ONE ORGANISATION SO THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE SUBJECT TO DEPARTMENTAL DIFFERENCES,
THIS, HE SAID, WOULD BE IN KEEPING WITH WORLD TREND AND WOULD REFLECT THE IMPORTANCE HONG KONG ATTACHED TO MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND INSPIRE CONFIDENCE OF OVERSEAS INVESTORS.
+OUR FUTURE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT WILL DEPEND ON OUR ABILITY TO MEET THE DEMAND FOR INCREASINGLY SOPHISTICATED TECHNICAL MANPOWER, MR. CHEN SAID.
+SUCH DEMAND MUST BE RELIABLY ASSESSED, AND WHEN POSSIBLE, THE ASSESSMENTS SHOULD BE LINKED WITH FORWARD ECONOMIC PLANNING.
+THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL MANPOWER MUST BE REGARDED AS A VITAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND PLANNED AND EXECUTED WITHOUT LET OR HINDRANCE.+
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