THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1977
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ON THE ORDINANCE ITSELF MR. KNIGHT SAID: IT CAN BE SAID TO HAVE BEEN THE OUTCOME OF THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE AND CAREFUL DELIBERATIONS OVER A PERIOD OF MORE THAN FIVE YEARS, FIRST BY THE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND SUBSEQUENTLY BY ITS SUCCESSOR, THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL AND ITS COMMITTEE ON APPRENTICESHIP.
+AS MAJOR EMPLOYERS ASSOCIATIONS SUCH AS THE CHINESE MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION, THE FEDERATION OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES AND THE EMPLOYERS FEDERATION OF HONG KONG ARE REPRESENTED ON THE ABOVE BODIES. IT MAY ALSO BE SAID THE ORDINANCE REFLECTS THE COMBINED ADVICE OF INDUSTRY TO THE GOVERNMENT ON APPRENTICESHIP LEGISLATION.
+MOREOVER, THE ORDINANCE IS ALSO THE OUTCOME OF SIX YEARS' RESEARCH AND EXPERIENCE BY THE STAFF OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT IN DEVELOPING AN APPRENTICESHIP SCHEME THAT WAS MOST SUITED TO HONG KONG'S INDUSTRIES AND IN GAINING THE VOLUNTARY ACCEPTANCE OF THE SCHEME BY EMPLOYERS.
+ IT WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE TREMENDOUS ADVANCE MADE BY THE GOVERNMENT IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY IN THE BUILDING OF NEW TECHNICAL INSTITUTES, MR. KNIGHT SAID.
SUMMING UP, HE SAID THE APPRENTICESHIP ORDINANCE AND ITS SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION HAD BEEN DESIGNED TO BOTH PROMOTE AND REGULATE THE TRAINING OF APPRENTICES IN THE VITAL TRADES.
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FRY OFF TO CANADA
TO ATTEND PAN-PACIFIC CONGRESS OF REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS
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THE COMMISSIONER OF RATING AND VALUATION, MR. R.A. FRY, LEFT TODAY FOR VANCOUVER, CANADA TO ATTEND THE NINTH PAN-PACIFIC CONGRESS OF REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS, VALUERS AND COUNSELLORS.
HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY MRS, FRY.
MR. FRY, FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG BRANCH OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CHARTERED SURVEYORS, WILL PROCEED ON VACATION LEAVE AFTER ATTENDING THE CONGRESS.
DURING HIS ABSENCE, MR. C.M. STEWARD, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, WILL ACT AS COMMISSIONER.
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